Israel sends emergency aid to Ethiopia
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Israel's emergency aid to starvation victims
in Ethiopia will be sent tonight (April 24) to Addis Ababa in two Israel
Air Force planes. The 30 tons of aid, which includes medicines, food, baby
food and blankets, will be accompanied by a delegation led by Deputy Director
General Haim Divon, Head of the Center for International Cooperation, Ministry
of Foreign Affairs. Mr. Divon carries a message from Foreign Minister David
Levy to his Ethiopian colleague Seyoum Mefsin, which he will give to senior
Ethiopian government officials in a meeting that will take place after
the arrival of the delegation to Ethiopia.
The aid will be handed over, in a short
ceremony tomorrow (April 25) at Addis Ababa Airport, to the Ethiopian commissioner
responsible for the collection and distribution of aid to persons affected
by starvation.