Under President Ilham Aliyev's instructions, Azerbaijan's Ministry of Emergency Situations has sent humanitarian aid to the Islamic Republic of Iran.

The humanitarian aid includes about 30 tons of food products.

According to Emil Hasanzade, Director of the Reserves Control Department of the State Reserves Agency of Azerbaijan, the aid includes 10 tons of flour, 6 tons of rice, 2.4 tons of sugar, more than 4 tons of drinking water, about 600 kilograms of tea, as well as about 2 tons of medicines and medical supplies.

He underlined that the vehicles loaded with humanitarian aid are already being dispatched and will be delivered to their destination in the shortest possible time.

The humanitarian aid was organized following a telephone conversation between President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Masoud Pezeshkian on March 8 to support the current needs of the neighboring and friendly Iranian people.

The humanitarian aid convoy is being accompanied by authorized officials of Azerbaijan's Cabinet of Ministers Niyazi Rahimov and Gurban Sadigov to the Iranian city of Astara.

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