France delivered nearly 30 tonnes of humanitarian aid this Friday for the benefit of the Lebanese civilian population, the Quai d’Orsay announced in a press release on Friday. A plane landed at Beirut airport, the first in a series of flights organized “in cooperation with the European Union”, to “realize all the announcements made at the time of the conference” on October 24 in Paris, a indicated the French ambassador to Lebanon, Hervé Magro, from the airport.
A plane landed at Beirut airport, the first in a series of flights organized “in cooperation with the European Union”, to “realize all the announcements made at the time of the conference” on October 24 in Paris, a indicated the French ambassador to Lebanon, Hervé Magro, from the airport. Faced with the consequences of the war, the participants in the Conference responded to the appeal of the United Nations and announced aid worth one billion dollars.
France, for its part, has committed to mobilizing 100 million euros and deploying 100 tonnes of humanitarian freight. It had previously sent aid to Lebanon via two operations, including one in cooperation with Qatar. Nearly “40 tonnes of medicines, medical equipment and other essential goods” had been handed over “to Lebanese hospitals and international and local humanitarian NGOs”, according to French diplomacy.
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