MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 19th August, 2018) The Russian Center for reconciliation of opposing sides in Syria has ensured safe passage of 71 UN humanitarian aid convoys in nine months, Maj. Gen. Alexei Tsygankov, the head of the center, said Sunday.
"In the period between December 21, 2017 and August 17, 2018 unobstructed passage of 71 UN humanitarian aid convoys was ensured by the center," Tsygankov said.
The head of the center remarked that the Russian military has in the same period ensured security of 27 Syrian missions of other international organizations, including, among others, the Red Cross, the Syrian Arab Red Crescent, UNICEF.
"These organizations brought over 6,000 tonnes of food, essentials to the Syrians, that is why, the humanitarian missions are at the moment one of the most important aspects of the center's work," Tsygankov said.
The head of the center said that more and more countries were beginning to organize humanitarian missions in Syria and cited the example of Armenia, recently sending 30 tonnes of food to Syria, and France.
French President Emmanuel Macron reached an agreement with Russian President Vladimir Putin, and, as a result, 44 tonnes of medication, tents, blankets were delivered to Syria on Russian military aircraft in July and then escorted by the Russian military police to Eastern Ghouta.
