Urgent Humanitarian and Relief Aid to Aleppo Soon

DAMASCUS, (ST) – After the Syrian Arab Army had opened the main road to Aleppo and eliminated the armed terrorist groups, which used to prevent food and aid convoys from reaching the governorate, a batch of humanitarian assistance and foodstuffs is planned to be sent soon to the people of Aleppo.

In a statement to journalists following the Higher Relief Committee meeting on Wednesday, Minister of Social Affairs Kinda al-Shammat said that part of the sum of money transferred by the Reconstruction Committee to the Higher Relief Committee was allocated to buying foodstuffs and to sending them soon to Aleppo, mainly to the most needed areas.

The minister pointed out that the international organizations were late in sending humanitarian assistance to Aleppo.

She stressed the government’s keenness to ensure the safe return of displaced citizens to their houses through opening communication channels with the displaced families and providing them with temporary housing places until the reconstruction program starts.

For his part, Deputy Foreign and Expatriates Minister Husam Eddin Ala stressed the need to start mapping out Syria’s Humanitarian Response Plan for the year 2014, urging full cooperation by all concerned parties.

H. Mustafa