Mexico was not left behind before the call international humanitarian aid that came after the terrible explosion on the 4th of August at Port of Beirut, that left at least 135 dead and 5,000 injured, as it will give USD 100,000 to support the Lebanese Red Cross response plan.
The Chancellor Marcelo Ebrard Casaubon through a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (SRE), reported by instructions from President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Mexico would send resources to Lebanon.
The document details that the monetary contribution will come National Fund for International Development Cooperation (Foncid) – Humanitarian Aid Fund – of the Mexican Agency for International Development Cooperation (AMEXCID).
Mexican funds will support the country’s response plan Lebanese Red Cross, in support of the International Federation of Red Cross Societies It’s from Red Crescent.
The institution offers first aid and emergency medical care and, for this event, hopes to offer temporary shelter for up to 10,000 families in the next weeks. It will also give Psychological Support affected and will contribute to communication between temporarily separated people.
“Mexico and Lebanon are united by deep bonds of friendship and collaboration, also enriched by contributions from the wide Mexican community of Lebanese origin. By supporting the initial reaction to the tragedy at this critical stage, the Government of Mexico reiterates its solidarity with the Lebanese people and government ”, details the statement.
It must be remembered that international aid started arriving in Lebanon the day after the unfortunate incident, which was caused after Explosion of 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate, stored “without precautionary measures”.
Last Tuesday, the day of the events, the Lebanese Prime Minister, Hasan Diab, made an “urgent appeal to all friends and sister countries.”
So far some 20 nations and international organizations responded or have announced their intention to do so in the form of medical-sanitary material, as well as by sending doctors and experts to assess the consequences of the explosion at the environmental level and of infrastructure that has not been destroyed.
Michael Ryan, Director of the World Health Organization’s Emergency Program (Who), stated that the referred UN agency “started to send trauma and surgery kits from your regional warehouse in Dubai”. “We also have emergency medical teams ready to deploy,” he added.
Until now the search for survivors in the rubble continues, as well as local investigations to clarify the cause of the explosion.
Regardless of, Lebanese President Michel Aoun rejected an international investigation on Friday about the gigantic explosion in the port of Beirut and said it could have been caused by “negligence” or “a missile”.
Aoun indicated that he had been informed of the presence of this merchandise on 20 July and that he asked the Supreme Defense Council to do what was necessary.
In turn, andLebanese terrorist group Hezbollah denied “categorically” Friday has a “gun shop” in the city port, after the denunciations that circulated in the media and public opinion.
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