Azerbaijan donates extra $1 mln in aid for Pakistan disaster relief

Previously, Azerbaijan spent $1 million for Pakistan disaster relief.

Upon the order of President Ilham Aliyev and the decision of the Cabinet of Ministers dated Aug. 21, additional $1 million have been allocated for brotherly Pakistani people, Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry said.

Azerbaijani Defense Ministry plane with food and clothing weighing 40 tons worth 350,000 manat left for Pakistan on Aug. 27.

The Azerbaijani Emergency Situations Ministry will send another plane to Pakistan with aid worth over 104,000 manat later this week.

Recent floods have caused large-scale damage to Pakistan.

Nearly 2,000 people died and thousands more were injured. Roughly 7,000 villages were swept away by the floods. Twenty million people are now homeless as a result of the natural disaster.


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