Islamabad: Pakistan has sent the first of three relief goods consignment to Iraq to help the country’s fight against the coronavirus pandemic.
“Pakistan is dispatching three planes-load of COVID-related relief goods to the brotherly Republic of Iraq on the directives of Prime Minister Imran Khan” the foreign ministry said in a statement.
The first planeload was sent this weekend and the next two consignments will be sent in the coming week, officials said. National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) chairman Lt Gen Akhtar Nawaz, senior officials of the foreign ministry and the Ambassador of Iraq to Pakistan Hamid Abbas Lafta oversaw the preparations of the relief goods.
Pakistan to send three planes-load of COVID-19 relief goods to Iraq
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Pakistan to send three planes-load of COVID-19 relief goods to Iraq
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) - Pakistan would dispatch three planes-load of COVID-19 relief goods to Republic of Iraq, on the directives of Prime Minister Imran Khan.
The first plane-load was dispatched Saturday in presence of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) Chairman Lt. General Akhtar Nawaz, senior officials of the foreign ministry and the Ambassador of Iraq to Pakistan Hamid Abbas Lafta.
The next two consignments will be sent in the coming week, the Foreign Office spokesperson said in a statement.
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will dispatch three planes-load of Covid-19 relief goods to the Republic of Iraq, on the directives of Prime Minister Imran Khan.
The first plane-load was dispatched on Saturday in presence of the National Disaster Management Authority chairman Lt Gen Akhtar Nawaz, senior officials of the foreign ministry and the Ambassador of Iraq to Pakistan Hamid Abbas Lafta.
The next consignments would be sent in the coming week, the Foreign Office spokesperson said in a statement.
Pakistan and Iraq have long-standing fraternal ties rooted firmly in shared faith and values. The two countries had multifaceted relationship, marked by regular high-level exchanges and growing cooperation in diverse fields, the spokesperson remarked.
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