On February 11 this year, a ceremony to transfer 936 tonnes of vitamin-rich wheat flour, another shipment intended for Palestine, to UN World Food Programme (WFP) officials took place at the port of Ashdod, Israel. Wheat flour was delivered by the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry as part of Russia’s voluntary donations to the WFP Fund. Palestine is traditionally among the recipients of humanitarian aid from Russia under the UN programme.

The above shipment will be delivered to the Gaza Strip and distributed among the needy in late February-early March this year. Another 1,008 tonnes of flour intended for the Palestinians living on the West Bank is in the final stage of clearing customs. 

The World Food Programme is our key partner in providing humanitarian aid to Palestine as part of the UN-led effort.

In addition, Russia regularly sends humanitarian aid to the CIS countries, as well as Middle Eastern and African countries. We also send food to the Caribbean and Latin American countries. Of late, Russia has been expanding the geography of its humanitarian activities, along with diversifying them. Russia combines its food supplies to many countries with, among other things, funding and sending experts to help these countries implement their ambitious programmes seeking to ensure that children have meals at schools regularly.

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