Pakistan despatched two C-130 planes of humanitarian help to Ukraine Tuesday night time, in response to Pakistani overseas minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi.
Talking at Noor Khan Airbase within the Pakistani capital because the planes departed, Qureshi mentioned the help was despatched on the request of the Ukrainian Embassy in Islamabad.
The help consists of tents, blankets, sleeping baggage, mills, cleaning soap, hand wash, medication and canned meals.
Pakistan “needs for the state of affairs to cool down by means of dialogue and diplomacy,” Qureshi mentioned, including the help is being despatched on the premise of Pakistan’s “lengthy historical past of excellent relations with Ukraine.”
Some context: Pakistan has not condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine — abstaining from a vote of the UN Basic Meeting on March 2.
Pakistan’s United Nations ambassador Munir Akram mentioned on the time the nation was “deeply involved” by the struggle in Ukraine and “repeatedly burdened the necessity for de-escalation, renewed negotiations.”
The heads of assorted overseas missions in Pakistan — together with the EU, the US, the UK, Norway and Japan — beforehand issued a joint letter urging Islamabad to sentence Russia’s invasion.
