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Bulgaria donates protective equipment against coronavirus to medics in Iraq

Photo: Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Bulgaria has donated 550 sets of protective equipment- clothes, goggles and helmets to the front-line medics fighting against Covid-19 in Baghdad, Basra, Sulaymaniyah. The reusable equipment was handed over to the Iraqi Medical Association in Baghdad.

The humanitarian aid that Sofia sent is worth over 325,000 euros. The donation is financed under the official development assistance planned in the budget of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for 2020. We show solidarity with the people of Iraq, with whom we have long friendly relations, said at the ceremony in Baghdad the head of the Bulgarian embassy Valentin Nikolov.



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