Ukraine thanks Azerbaijan for its support in restoring the city of Irpen
Ukrainian officials, acting head of the Kyiv region administration Mykola Kalashnik and secretary of the Irpen city council Anzhela Makeeva, as well as the ambassador of Azerbaijan to Kyiv Seymur Mardaliev, got acquainted with the restored infrastructure of the Ukrainian city of Irpen.
 
Kalashnik expressed gratitude to Azerbaijan for its active participation in this humanitarian mission. He noted that it is planned to restore four more social and medical facilities in the city with the support of the Azerbaijani side.
 
"We are very grateful to Azerbaijan and the Azerbaijani people for this support," Makeeva said in turn.
 
Recently, the Azerbaijani authorities again sent humanitarian aid to Ukraine. It includes more than 52 thousand meters of electrical cables, as well as 17 transformers. This equipment is intended to restore stable power supply to areas affected by the war. The total amount of assistance provided exceeded 40 million dollars.
 
To date, a total of 134 transformers and transformer substations, about 70 generators, as well as about 3.4 million meters of electrical cables and wires have been sent from Azerbaijan to Ukraine.
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