Kuwait sends first planeload of aid for Socotra people

KUWAIT, May 30 (KUNA) -- Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) announced on Wednesday dispatch of the first planeload of relief supplies to the people of Socotra island, recently swept with a fierce storm.
Abdulrahman Al-Aoun, the society general director, said in a statement to KUNA that the first cargo of the Kuwaiti humanitarian aid for the people of Socotra left today, in implementation of instructions by His Highness the Amir to secure urgent assistance for the Yemeni people.
The society is coordinating with the Ministry of Defense to dispatch more aid for the storm-stricken people of the island, located some 300 km from the Yemeni mainland. (end) zik.rk