Humanitarian aid from Kazakhstan sent to Kyrgyzstan – V. Bozhko
14:50, 16 August 2010
ASTANA. August 16. KAZINFORM /Muratbek Makulbekov/ Humanitarian aid from Kazakhstan is sent to Kyrgyzstan, Minister of Emergencies of Kazakhstan Vladimir Bozhko said at the meeting of the Government of Kazakhstan on providing support to neighboring Kyrgyzstan.
'We have already sent 184 tons of metallic slates, 128 tons of buckwheat. 2.5 thousand cubic meters of edged boards are loaded into 29 wagons of a cargo train in Uralsk', V. Bozhko said.
He also said the Kyrgyz side requested to send coal. Besides, 900 tons of armature were prepared for sending to the neighboring country.