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Russia Donates Nicaragua 23 Metric Tons Of
Medicine
(RIA Novosti) - Russia has donated Nicaragua
two cargo containers with medicine,
Nicaraguan media reported on Saturday.
Prensa Latina news agency said citing data
from the country's Health Ministry that the
total weight of the donated medicine totals
some 23 metric tons and it is mostly
intended for treating acute respiratory and
cardiovascular diseases.
Speaking at the donation ceremony on Friday,
Russian Ambassador to Nicaragua Igor
Kondrashev said that Russia intends to
provide further all-embracing assistance to
this Central American country.
"Russia has been and will be cooperating
with Nicaragua. Our assistance is not
determined by any [particular] conditions
and is based on principles of
non-interference in the country's domestic
affairs," he said.
Bilateral ties between the countries got a
boost last year when Nicaragua became the
only country to join Russia in recognizing
the independence of the former Georgian
republics of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
In July this year Russia and Nicaragua
signed a deal to introduce visa-free travel
regime for their citizens as well as a
memorandum of understanding between
Nicaragua's Petronic and a consortium of
Russian oil companies on cooperation on oil
and energy projects.
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