SINGAPORE: Singapore will deliver its third tranche of humanitarian assistance for Gaza via Jordan, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) said on Friday (Mar 15).
Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Vivian Balakrishnan will make a working visit to Amman, Jordan from Saturday to Sunday to hand over the aid in cooperation with the Jordanian government.
The Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) will be deploying an A330 Multi-Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) and a C-130 transport aircraft for the mission, said MFA.
“At the invitation of the Jordanian government, the C-130 will stay on and conduct humanitarian airdrop operations staged out of Jordan with support from the Jordanian Armed Forces”, the ministry added.
The Singapore Armed Forces’ (SAF) Changi Regional Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief Coordination Centre (RHCC) led efforts to coordinate and consolidate contributions of humanitarian aid supplies from agencies including the SAF, Ministry of Health (MOH) and non-governmental organisation, Relief Singapore, the Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) said on Friday.
The 69 personnel deployed in support of these operations departed earlier on Friday on the MRTT and C-130 from Changi Air Base (East) and Paya Lebar Air Base respectively, it added.
Dr Balakrishnan’s visit “reaffirms Singapore’s strong ties with partners in the Middle East, which have allowed us to deliver effective and timely humanitarian aid to civilians in Gaza”, said MFA.
He will be accompanied on his visit by Senior Minister of State for Defence Zaqy Mohamad and officials from MFA.
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