Belarus To Provide Drugs, Other Medical Supplies To Venezuela In Humanitarian Aid - Minsk

MINSK (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 23rd September, 2021) Belarus will provide humanitarian assistance to Venezuela, delivering drugs and personal protective equipment to the Latin American nation, the Belarusian government said on Thursday.

"The Council of Ministers ... (has ordered) that the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the State Authority for Military Industry, the State Concern for Oil and Chemistry ... ensure the dispensing and registration of medicines and personal protective equipment for providing humanitarian assistance to Venezuela," a government decree signed on Wednesday read, as quoted on the national portal of legal news.

The humanitarian cargo will be sent in accordance with the regulation on the procedure for the provision of international humanitarian aid by Belarus, adopted back in 2011.

The shipment includes a range of medicines, disposable coveralls, protective overshoes and hats, protective masks and gauze bandages.