Egypt Dispatches Medical Aid to Comoros

Egypt dispatched medical and pharmaceutical aid to Comoros to help them overcome the adverse effects of Cyclone Kenneth that hit the country last month, the foreign ministry said on Sunday.

The aid was sent via the Egyptian Agency of Partnership for Development EAPD.

A number of senior officials attended the delivery of the shipments, including Egypt's non-resident Ambassador to Comoros Mohamed Gaber Abul Wafa, deputy Minister of Health in Comoros and other dignitaries in the health sector.

Abul Wafa said that Egypt swiftly presented aid to Comoros in light of the special relations binding both countries.

The ambassador also expressed Egypt's aspiration to support the Comoros efforts to achieve development in the country and to serve the interests of the fraternal brotherly people.

On his part, Comoros deputy health minister thanked Egypt for the aid presented to his country.

In May, Egypt offered urgent medical assistance to Sudan to maintaining security and stability in the sisterly Arab country, according to the Foreign Ministry.

In April 2017, an Egyptian medical convoy, including four doctors and a medical equipment engineer in ophthalmology, was sent to Eritrea, and shipment included 750 cartons of food, three bales of medicine and medical supplies weighing nine tons were sent to Somalia.

It is noteworthy that the powerful cyclone Kenneth claimed its first casualty in Mozambique when a woman was killed by a falling tree in the city of Pemba on Friday. Previously, the storm had killed at least three people in the Comoros, the island nation off the coast of Africa.