CHINA on Sunday donated more than 3,500 tons of grain to Syria to aid the war-torn country’s recovery from the aftermath of the massive earthquakes Feb. 6.

President of Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) Khaled Hboubati and Chinese Ambassador to Syria Shi Hongwei attended the handover ceremony of five shipments of 2,336 tons of wheat and 1,180 tons of rice, at the SARC’s headquarters in Damascus.

During the ceremony, Hboubati thanked China on behalf of the Syrian people and the SARC for offering aid during the country’s humanitarian crisis, particularly in the wake of the earthquakes, which caused massive damage to northern and western parts of the country and displaced tens of thousands of people.

(Xinhua)