MOSCOW (Sputnik), Svetlana Alexandrova – On Wednesday, the UNOCHA was unable to deliver the aid due to operational issues with the parties involved in the conflict area.
“The convoy to East Ghouta is going to happen today. We will deliver food, nutrition, medical supplies to 20,000 people. That is the plan,” UNOCHA said.
“Delivery to another four cities [Madaya, Zabadani, Foah, Kafraya] is going to happen probably early next week,” the UNOCHA said.
On Thursday, the Russian center on Syrian reconciliation delivered four metric of tonns of humanitarian aid to Syria's Hama province.
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) needs prolonged access to areas in Syria under siege.
"We need a sustained access so we can go back to these areas. For example, we have delivered to [the southwestern Syrian town of] Muadhamiya 50 trucks early this week and this is a month worth of food, for example, so we need to be able to keep going back to this area to deliver aid over and over again," the press service said.
The service added that the organization was planning to reach 1.7 million people in the next couple of months.
"We also will be trying to deliver aid to the Aleppo area as well," the service said.
