Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) – On 11 June 2021, in the city of Hairaton (Afghanistan), a solemn ceremony of handing the Afghan side of humanitarian cargo consisting of oxygen cylinders in the amount of 1,000 pieces took place. This was reported by the press service of the Uzbek Foreign Ministry.

This gesture of goodwill was carried out at the request of the government of brotherly Afghanistan, whose people these days faced the third wave of the pandemic.

Representatives of the Afghan side, speaking at the ceremony, expressing sincere gratitude to the President of Uzbekistan for his constant attention and care, especially noted that Shavkat Mirziyoyev became the first leader who responded to the request of the Afghan government to provide emergency humanitarian assistance.

The governor of Balkh province Farhad Azimi stressed that the assistance provided by Uzbekistan is an example of a truly fraternal attitude towards the people of Afghanistan.

According to the head of the provincial council of Balkh province Muhammad Hadid, the President of Uzbekistan showed the whole world that the Uzbek people are united with the Afghan people in their desire not only to defeat the pandemic, but also to bring the long-awaited peace and tranquility to the long-suffering land of Afghanistan.

In his speech, the Special Representative of the President of Uzbekistan for Afghanistan Ismatulla Irgashev said that despite the pandemic, food and medicine were delivered to Afghanistan across the Uzbek-Afghan border on an uninterrupted basis. Uzbekistan is ready to continue to provide all-round support to the neighboring country.

In January 2021, under the personal patronage of President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, training for Afghan doctors in clinics in Uzbekistan was organized to familiarize them with the experience of Uzbekistan in combating the pandemic.