"Forty-eight trucks, two firefighting vehicles, one gasoline tanker and one auto repair shop will be supplied to Afghanistan via the port of Hairaton [on the Afghan-Uzbek border]. Russia also intends to supply Afghanistan with 7,000 tons of wheat flour," the ministry said in a statement.
"In the past Russia also rendered assistance to Afghanistan in the military and cultural spheres, as well as in the restoration of the economy," it added.
Russia has repeatedly sent humanitarian aid to Afghanistan. In mid-March a Russian plane carrying 40 metric tons of aid arrived in the Afghan capital of Kabul. The aid, part of which was supplied by a Russian veterans' organization, included basic foodstuffs, warm clothes, and 56 winter tents.
Russia also continues its deliveries of wheat flour to Afghanistan, where about 300 people died last year of hunger and cold during an unusually severe winter. Some 18,000 metric tons of flour in 275 rail carriages are expected to be delivered, in all.
By late March Russia had supplied the republic with 216 railway cars of flour. Russia also plans to give the Afghan government 50 Kamaz trucks later this year.
