Czech Government donates 40,000 USD for emergency relief operations in Ethiopia

Addis Ababa, February 5(ENA)-- The Government of Czech has donated 40,000 US Dollars for emergency relief operations in Ethiopia.

Czech Ambassador to Ethiopia, Miroslav Krenek handed over the donation to Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Commissioner, Simon Mechale in a ceremony held here on Wednesday.

Krenek on the occasion said, the donation is meant for the supply of food water and medicament for Ethiopians affected by the current drought induced food shortage.

According to Krenek, the Czech government is preparing to provide development assistance for Ethiopia.

Simon Mechale on the occasion expressed gratitude to the Czech government for the donation and called upon donors to extend similar assistance aimed at averting humanitarian crisis.

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