Emirates News Agency – Fourth Emirati rescue plane arrives in Sudan

Khartoum, 2nd September, 2022 (WAM) — The fourth plane of the UAE’s rescue air bridge to Sudan has arrived at Khartoum airport, carrying 30 tonnes of housing materials and other essentials to help the country affected by the ravages of of people affected by the flood.

The UAE aid plane was received by Dr Ahmed Ali Qalam, a representative of the Sudanese Ministry of Social Development, as well as members of the UAE Embassy in Khartoum and the Emirates Red Crescent (ERC) team.

The relief supplies are part of the UAE’s efforts to reach out to Sudan and support its efforts to contain flooding that has inundated large swathes of Sudan.

Hamad Mohammed Al Jneibi, UAE Ambassador to the Republic of Sudan, said the fourth aircraft was dispatched on the instructions of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE, to build an air bridge to mitigate the impact of the outbreak. The suffering of the Sudanese people affected. flood.

The humanitarian aid is dispatched within the framework of the two countries’ long-standing and deep-rooted relationship and the UAE’s policy and humanitarian mission to help communities around the world through relief and humanitarian aid projects to support their recovery and development efforts, he added. .

Mohammed Salem Al Junaibi, head of the Sudan ERC team, noted that the ERC team is continuing its humanitarian and relief work to support the Sudanese people through the crisis.

Dr Kalam said the aid from the fourth plane would be distributed to affected areas in Sudan. He added that this humanitarian assistance is further evidence of the UAE’s deep concern for Sudan, stressing that the UAE has been the first to provide aid to the Sudanese people.