Egyptian humanitarian aid arrives in Ethiopia

Ethiopia took delivery Tuesday of a shipment of humanitarian aid from Egypt for drought-affected people in some parts of the northeast African country.

Chief of the Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Commission (DPPC) Simeon Mechale received the consignment during his meeting with Egyptian ambassador to Ethiopia Shamel Naser.

Mechale voiced appreciation of the Egyptian government's kind gesture, which he saw as evidence of good relations between the two countries.

The Egyptian ambassador, for his part, expressed Egypt's keenness on boosting Egyptian-Ethiopian ties in the various domains.

A special fund for technical cooperation with Africa, affiliated to the Egyptian Foreign Ministry, had sent the shipment which included 73.5 metric tones of foodstuffs.