The International Committee of the Red Cross has said it hopes to bring vital medical supplies and aid workers into Yemen after receiving approval from the Saudi-led military coalition.
The aid agency has been negotiating for nearly a week to deliver life-saving supplies and equipment to Yemen, where the coalition has conducted 11 days of air strikes against Shia rebels, known as the Houthis. The coalition now controls the country's ports and airspace.
"We have received permission from the coalition for two planes now, one carrying supplies and one with staff," ICRC spokeswoman Sitara Jabeen told the Reuters news agency on Sunday.
The ICRC hoped that the aircraft could land on Monday in the capital Sanaa, she said. However, it was still awaiting approval for an ICRC surgical team it plans to bring by boat into the southern city of Aden, where fighting remains intense.
In Riyadh, a spokesman for the Saudi-led coalition said arrangements had been made for at least one Red Cross aid delivery on Sunday morning, but the ICRC had pulled out of the arrangement.
The coalition says it has set up a special coordination body for aid deliveries and asked NGOs and governments to work with it to ensure humanitarian aid can be brought into Yemen and foreign nationals can be evacuated safely......................http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/04/red-cross-permission-deliver-aid-yemen-150406011849828.html6/4/15
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The aid agency has been negotiating for nearly a week to deliver life-saving supplies and equipment to Yemen, where the coalition has conducted 11 days of air strikes against Shia rebels, known as the Houthis. The coalition now controls the country's ports and airspace.
"We have received permission from the coalition for two planes now, one carrying supplies and one with staff," ICRC spokeswoman Sitara Jabeen told the Reuters news agency on Sunday.
The ICRC hoped that the aircraft could land on Monday in the capital Sanaa, she said. However, it was still awaiting approval for an ICRC surgical team it plans to bring by boat into the southern city of Aden, where fighting remains intense.
In Riyadh, a spokesman for the Saudi-led coalition said arrangements had been made for at least one Red Cross aid delivery on Sunday morning, but the ICRC had pulled out of the arrangement.
The coalition says it has set up a special coordination body for aid deliveries and asked NGOs and governments to work with it to ensure humanitarian aid can be brought into Yemen and foreign nationals can be evacuated safely......................http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/04/red-cross-permission-deliver-aid-yemen-150406011849828.html6/4/15
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ReplyDeleteThe International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) does not have a plane to send humanitarian aid to Yemen, ICRC spokeswoman Sitara Jabeen told TASS on Monday, noting that "logistics problems" remain.
Earlier, the Red Cross received a permission to send two planes to Yemen. ICRC is currently holding talks with airliners on a cargo plane, but Jabeen could not clarify when a final decision is expected. However, "we are doing everything possible," she said..........http://tass.ru/en/world/787409
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