The seventh Operation Dost flight reached earthquake-hit Syria on Sunday with over 23 tonnes of relief material which was received by Deputy Minister of Local Administration & Environment Moutaz Douaji at Damascus airport.
"7th #OperationDost flight reached Syria with over 23 tons of relief material, including gensets, solar lamps, emergency & critical care medicines, & disaster relief consumables. Received at Damascus airport by Deputy Minister of Local Administration and Environment Moutaz Douaji," tweeted Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Arindam Bagchi.
The seventh Operation Dost flight on Saturday departed for earthquakehit Syria and Turkey. The Indian Air Force C17 carrying relief material, medical aid, emergency and critical care medicines, medical equipment and consumables took off from Hindon Airbase in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad.
The IAF aircraft with relief materials, medical aid, and emergency and critical care medicines will first land in Syria and unload materials and then head to Turkey. EAM SJaishankar also took to his Twitter handle to talk about the flight departing from Ghaziabad.
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