Mongolia He delivered one million dollars to the World Program Food (WFP) of the United Nations in Cuba to contribute to the feeding of about 50,000 people “in a vulnerable situation”as the island’s authorities describe Cubans who live in misery.
According to the report of the official Prensa Latina agency, with that sum the WFP acquired 400 metric tons of rice, 107 of cooking oil and 250 of grains, reported the ambassador of the Asian nation in Cuba, Zoljargal Seseer.
Upon delivery, the diplomat commented that The donation will benefit some 50,000 Cubans, including 2,900 pregnant women and more than 44,600 “people in vulnerable situations” from Villa Clara and Cienfuegos.
“The quality of a friend is known in difficult times, says a proverb,” the ambassador said, adding that “this humanitarian aid is an expression of the affectionate feelings of the Mongolian people dedicated to the Cuban people, who are going through difficult social and economic times,” the report quoted him as saying.
According to Prensa Latina, This is one of the first times that Mongolia donates funds to the United Nations organization in Cuba.
“This donation is part of the WFP’s work to contribute to the socioeconomic recovery of the country,” said the representative of the global program, which fights against world hunger, Etienne Labande.
Labande ratified the WFP’s commitment to supporting the Cuban authorities to promote the consumption of nutritious foods in “vulnerable groups.”
The Director General of Cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Trade, Alba Rosa Alarcón, thanked the donation on behalf of the people and Government of Cuba and assured that the deliveries of the first cycle of the food module have already been made through the warehouses. The Cuban authorities usually distribute some of the donations they receive, while They are unable to meet the agreed deliveries of ration book products, which are increasingly scarce.
The official did not miss the opportunity to point out as the cause of the humanitarian crisis that Cuba is suffering, the worst in 30 years, the “intensification of the economic, commercial and financial blockade of the United States against Cuba and the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.”
Havana receives millions of dollars in food donations each year, especially from international programs and the European Union, as well as its allies. This, while it makes million-dollar purchases in the US, which pays in cash, and does not undertake the necessary economic reforms in agriculture to increase the supply of food that the country can produce.
