MINSK (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 06th April, 2021) The government of Belarus has decided to provide humanitarian assistance to Syria, a relevant decree was published Tuesday on the country's national legal internet portal.
"The Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Health, the Emergencies Ministry are instructed to provide material assets to render humanitarian assistance to the Syrian Arab Republic," the order says.
The Ministry of Transport and Communications, the Industry and Emergencies ministries are also instructed to ensure the delivery of humanitarian aid to Syria, and the Foreign Ministry is to assist in its transfer.
According to the order, the Belarusian Finance Ministry should, from republican budget funds to finance expenses related to natural disasters and accidents, allocate money to reimburse ministries for the cost of material assets for humanitarian aid, as well as reimburse transport, travel and other expenses related to the delivery of assistance.
The humanitarian aid includes a dump truck, a tractor truck, MAZ trucks, a chassis, a concrete mixer truck, transformers, medicines and sugar worth overall 1.1 million Belarusian rubles (about $400,000).
