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'Russian Humanitarian Aid Boosts Resilience of Syrian People'

© Sputnik / Press service of Russian Defense Ministry  / Go to the mediabankSyrian Air Force aircraft dropping humanitarian cargo on Russian parachute platforms in the area of Deir ez-Zor, Syria.
Syrian Air Force aircraft dropping humanitarian cargo on Russian parachute platforms in the area of Deir ez-Zor, Syria. - Sputnik International
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Russia's humanitarian aid has been a big factor in boosting the resilience of the Syrian people, the country's prime minister told Sputnik.

DAMASCUS (Sputnik) – Damascus awaits a delivery of a new batch of grain of 100,000 metric tons (110,231 US tons) from Russia, the Syrian prime minister told Sputnik.

"Deliveries of food safety, especially grain deliveries, provided by the Russian authorities, Russian President [Vladimir] Putin have been a big factor in boosting the resilience of the Syrian people. The first batch amounted to 100,000 tones, the next one will also be 100,000 tones," Wael Nader Halqi said.

The minister also noted Russia’s role in deliveries of humanitarian aid to the besieged city of Deir Ez-Zor.

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"The Russian aviation delivers humanitarian aid there, it has been dropping it off to the city, which has been besieged for over two years now, by parachute," he said.

"We are committed to developing relations between the Syrian and Russian governments, and if the head of the Russian government, Medvedev, sends me an invitation, I will gladly accept it together with my colleagues from the economic bloc," Halqi added.

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