Mr. Stephen Salewicz at the Foreign Affairs and International Development Committee

On February 14th, 2023. See this statement in context.

February 14th, 2023 / 11:45 a.m.

Director General, International Humanitarian Assistance, Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development

Thank you for the question.

We already have partners within Syria that are doing procurement locally to provide a response to the earthquake victims. The Red Cross has issued a request for materials for Turkey. Should they release one for Syria, we have supplies that we could also send to Syria. To be clear, it would go through a Red Cross movement pipeline and be distributed by the Red Cross.

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