Azerbaijan sends humanitarian aid to Tajikistan

A ship of Azerbajan`s Ministry of Emergency Situations carrying humanitarian aid has sailed to Tajikistan, whose Badakhshan province was hit by a quake, under instructions of President Ilham Aliyev.

A ceremony to send the ship from Baku International Sea Trade Port was attended by deputy minister of emergency situations Faig Taghizade and first secretary of the Tajik Embassy in Baku Salimi Khaltoni.

The humanitarian aid was loaded on 11 trucks, and includes 9.5 tons of sugar, 9.5 tons of granulated sugar, 15 tons of rice, 3 tons of tea, more than 16 tons of vegetable oil, 19 tons of flour, 19 tons of macaroni, more than 18 tons of vermicelli, 2000 sets of sleeping sets, 50 generators, 110 shelters, 6000 square meters of roofing slate, and 30 cubic meters of wood.

/By AzerTac/