Kazakhstan delivers humanitarian aid to Tajikistan

Kazakhstan's humanitarian aid was officially tranferred to Tajikistan.

Kazakh flour was delivered by rail in compliance with all sanitary and epidemiological standards.

The cargo certificate was handed by the Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Dushanbe Askar Tazhibayev to the Deputy Director of the Agency for State Material Reserves under the Government of Tajikistan Sohibjon Ziedulloev.

Mr. Tazhibayev highlighted that Kazakhstan provides humanitarian assistance to the fraternal people of Tajikistan on an annual basis. The total amount of the aid has exceeded $38 million since 2006.

Mr. Ziedulloev thanked the Kazakh side and noted that Tajikistan appreciates the assistance provided by the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

In order to support its neighbours in the face of the pandemic, President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev decided to provide humanitarian assistance to Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan in the form of supplies of Kazakh flour in the amount of 5,000 tonnes to each country with a total worth of more than $3 million.