India flags off first consignment of 2500 MT wheat to Afghanistan

The first convoy of 50 trucks carrying 2500 MT of wheat assistance from India to Afghanistan via Pakistan was flagged off on Tuesday in a ceremony at Amritsar in Punjab. Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla along with Afghan Ambassador Farid Mamundzay and World Food Program Country Director Bishaw Parajuli, flagged off the convoy. External Affairs Ministry said the shipment is part of the commitment made by the Government to supply 50 thousand MT of wheat for the people of Afghanistan. The wheat assistance will be delivered in multiple consignments and will be handed over to the United Nations World Food Program in Jalalabad, Afghanistan. India signed an agreement with the WFP for the distribution of wheat within Afghanistan.

An important milestone in India’s humanitarian assistance to the Afghan people.

Today, India dispatched first convoy of 2500 MT of wheat assistance from ICP Attari to Jalalabad, Afghanistan. pic.twitter.com/XPBZoLkwY7

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The Ministry said India remains committed to its special relationship with the people of Afghanistan. India has already supplied 5 lakh doses of COVAXIN, 13 tons of essential lifesaving medicines, and 500 units of winter clothing. These consignments were handed over to the World Health Organisation and the Indira Gandhi Hospital in Kabul.