UAE supports Peru with medical and food aid to face corona

The United Arab Emirates has been keen to extend a helping
hand to all countries around the world, believing in its humanitarian duty to
relieve the burdens facing various governments due to the outbreak of the
Covid-19 corona virus, confirming Abu Dhabi’s established humanitarian approach
in its policies.
On Friday, June 26, the UAE sent a plane containing 15 tons
of food and medical aid to Peru to help it overcome the corona pandemic. This
is the first batch of aid allocated for Peru, amounting to 40 tons.
This cooperation comes as part of the Document on Human
Fraternity for World Peace and Living Together that was signed in Abu Dhabi in
February 2019 by Grand Sheikh of Al-Azhar Ahmed Al-Tayyeb and Roman Catholic
Pope Francis.
The aid to Peru aims to help those in need in the city of
Iquitos, which has a population of more than 400,000 people and is located
along the Amazon River. This is a continuation of the UAE’s efforts to strengthen
the capabilities of countries’ health systems and to provide support to those
in need around the world to overcome the corona crisis.
Jassim Saif Al Shamsi, Chargé d'Affaires at the UAE Embassy
in Lima, said that the aid comes within the framework of Abu Dhabi’s continued keenness
to lend a helping hand to countries suffering from the corona crisis as part of
the Emirati political leadership’s goal to unify international efforts to
combat the virus and its repercussions, which constitute a danger to humanity.
It is noteworthy that the UAE has previously provided more
than 995 tons of aid to more than 69 countries around the world as part of Abu
Dhabi’s humanitarian initiatives to support brotherly peoples and emphasize a
firm humanitarian approach.
The UAE’s initiatives also assisted the World Health
Organization by providing a number of countries with antiseptics, medical
supplies and relief materials, as aid has been sent to China, Iran,
Afghanistan, Pakistan, Somaliland, Colombia, Seychelles, Italy, Kazakhstan,
Sudan, Cyprus, Bangladesh, Sierra Leone, Mali, Kurdistan, Iraq, the
Philippines, Nepal, Ethiopia, South Africa, Indonesia, Armenia, and Mauritania.
This comes on the basis of the directives of the UAE’s
leadership to provide all capabilities to confront the corona virus at home and
abroad by increasing testing units at home and providing support and assistance
to friendly countries.