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Japan’s Emergency Assistance to Bosnia and Herzegovina and Republic of Serbia for Flood disaster

Related to the article on 19th May 2014, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has dispatched emergency relief supplies to Bosnia and Herzegovina and Republic of Serbia.

Emergency goods to the value of 12 million JPY for each countries – including tents, blankets, sleeping pads, water tanks, generators and cord reels for Bosnia and Herzegovina, and, tents, sleeping pads, water tanks, generators and cord reels for Serbia– were dispatched and arrived at both Sarajevo and Belgrade, the capital cities of the both countries, on 23rd May.

A handover ceremony of the emergency supplies took place at the Ministry of Security, Bosnia and Herzegovina at 10 AM (local time) on the 23rd May, and at the Ministry of Interior of Republic of Serbia at 5 PM (local time) on the same day.

The goods will be transported by Red Cross to disaster-stricken area of the both countries.