BEIJING, June 3 (RIA Novosti) - Russia plans to
deliver Kamaz trucks and Mi-8 helicopters this summer as part
of humanitarian aid to Afghanistan, a Russian Emergency
Situations Ministry official said on Wednesday.
"In July-August we plan to dispatch to Afghanistan 50
Kamaz trucks which will be used to deliver humanitarian aid to
the country," said Yury Brazhnikov, who heads the ministry's
international cooperation department.
The ministry will also send two Mi-8 helicopters fitted
out with medical equipment, the official said.
Among other humanitarian aid, Afghanistan is also to
receive 7,500 tons of flour.
Russia delivered some 18,000 tons of flour to the country
in January-April. The flour is being delivered within the
framework of UN World Food Program aid commitments.
"This humanitarian operation is unprecedented in its size
compared with other operations that Russia carried out in
Afghanistan," Brazhnikov said.
The Russian Emergency Situations Ministry has conducted 14
humanitarian operations abroad since the start of the year and
another 16 operations are planned for 2009.
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