DUSHANBE, May 13, 2016, Asia-Plus – Kazakhstan is continuing to provide disaster relief to Tajikistan and the first train cars carrying Kazakhstan’s humanitarian aid have reportedly arrived in Dushanbe.

According to the Kazakh Embassy in Dushanbe, an official handover of humanitarian aid to the Tajik authorities took place here on May 11.  The aid was handed over to the Agency for State and Material Reserves of Tajikistan.

In all, Kazakhstan will send eighteen trains cars loaded with food products for victims of floods and mudslides to Tajikistan.  

The humanitarian aid worth 873,000 U.S. dollars reportedly includes wheat flour, meat and milk cans, dried vegetables, vegetable oil, butter, macaroni, and tea.

We will recall that Kazakhstan this year provided the first humanitarian aid to Tajikistan in February.  The assistance reportedly included preserved milk products, canned meats, vegetable oil, butter, and macaroni.