YEREVAN. � The Government of Armenia has adopted a decision to provide humanitarian assistance to victims of the devastating earthquake�that hit Iran on August 11.
Relief equipment worth close to AMD 37 million (approx. $ 89,950) has been allocated for this purpose. Armenia�s humanitarian assistance to Iran comprises 26,000 boxes of canned food, about 40,000 liters of drinking water, 81 tents�which can house around 700 people�1,000 blankets, 6,000 sheets, 300 mattresses, 460 sleeping bags, and 100 portable beds, the Emergency Situations Ministry press service informs.
The trucks loaded with Armenia�s earthquake relief to Iran will head to the latter on Friday at 7pm.
As�Armenian News-NEWS.am�informed earlier, a major earthquake struck northwestern Iran on August 11 killing 300 people and injuring over 3,000. The tremors were felt in Armenia, too, specifically in the country�s southern regions.
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