UAE sending yet more aid to Sudan

Rubeir al-Fares

The United Arab Emirates keeps sending aid to Sudan to help it get over the consequences of the floods that hit 17 out of its 18 states.

A plane carrying UAE supplies has just landed at Khartoum International Airport. T

his is the third plane to arrive in the country, bringing in humanitarian aid from the UAE since the flooding started in Sudan.

The UAE humanitarian airlift is made under instructions by Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Zayed. The aid is also being sent under supervision by Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed al-Nahayan, the head of the Emirati Red Crescent.

Receiving the third plane of UAE humanitarian supplies at Khartoum International Airport was UAE Ambassador in Sudan Hamad Mohamed Hmeid al-Junaibi and Dr Wed Bakr al-Maqboul, the director-general of the Emergency Section at the Sudanese Ministry of Health.

This shipment of UAE aid contains medical supplies, foodstuffs and other requirements.

Al-Junaibi said the supplies sent by the UAE would sustain thousands of flood victims.

“We have given aid to more than 10,000 people,” he said.

He said the UAE reached those affected by the floods though the Emirati Red Crescent and in cooperation with government agencies and civil society organizations.

Al-Maqboul praised, meanwhile, what he described as the “huge” support offered by the UAE to his country.

The shipment of supplies that arrived in Sudan today, he added, is part of a series of aid from the UAE to Sudan.

“We are really thankful to the UAE for standing by Sudan and by those affected by the floods,” al-Maqboul said.

“We will do our best to deliver this aid to those who deserve it,” he added.