The Korea National Red Cross this morning notified North Korea that deliveries of flood aid are planned to begin on September 15th.
The message, sent to the head of the Chosun Red Cross Society, also explained how South Korea proposes to transfer the food aid.
South Korea proposes to dispatch one or two deliveries of aid weekly along both the east and west coast routes over roughly a month, culminating in mid October. The first delivery is set to include 200,000 units of highly nutritious food for babies and small children (150,000 units to be sent along the western route, and 50,000 units along the eastern route).
“We notified the North of the precise items and locations in both the east and west, and requested entry for the delivery persons and assurances of their comfort,” the Red Cross today revealed, adding, “In particular, we made clear to the North our intent to confirm distribution of the flood aid.”
Meanwhile, North Korea still has yet to acknowledge that it will take the aid at all, but since more than a month has now passed since the flood damage occurred, the South Korean government has decided to push forward the process regardless.
“North Korea is not putting forward any other opinion, and since it is being pushed from the humanitarian standpoint, it doesn’t seem to be too much,” a Red Cross official further commented.
