Following the directives of King Salman, a third Saudi plane carrying medical supplies to help combat the coronavirus arrived in Tunisia on Thursday.
Orders to send medical assistance to the North African state were issued after a request for aid by Tunisian President Kais Saied during a phone call with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
The aid, which included medical machines, care and treatment devices, and protective equipment, was flown by a team from the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief).
Saudi Ambassador to Tunisia Abdul Aziz bin Ali Al-Saqr, Tunisian Minister of Defense Brahim Bartagi, Minister of Health Dr. Fawzi Al-Mahdi, and the president’s chief of staff Nadia Akacha, were on hand when the plane reached the tarmac.
Bartagi said that the Kingdom sent high-precision equipment and advanced technology, which would improve the capability of public hospitals to receive patients, adding that the Kingdom “generously offered to send a large number of medical and treatment devices, vaccines and other necessary materials.”
Nissaf Ben Alya, a spokeswoman for the Tunisian health ministry, praised the assistance provided by the Kingdom to support Tunisia in this critical situation to confront the spread of the virus, adding that the Saudi leadership responded quickly and intervened rapidly with the ongoing health crisis.
She said that the Saudi medical aid had begun to make its way to public hospitals across the country.
In other news, Saudi Arabia also sent aid to help combat the spread of the coronavirus in Kyrgyzstan.
The KSrelief has dispatched a $500,000 medical aid package to support Kyrgyzstan in its fight against the COVID-19 outbreak.
King Salman instructed KSrelief to support the country, and Saudi Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan Ibrahim bin Radi Al-Radi delivered the aid.
