A humanitarian aid plane sent by Russia to help the United States cope with the coronavirus epidemic landed in New York on Wednesday afternoon, the Russian mission told the UN.
Images broadcast live on the mission's Twitter account showed forklifts unloading cartons stacked on the cargo plane, an Antonov-124 from the Russian Air Force. The Russian Defense Ministry announced earlier Wednesday that the aircraft will leave for the United States, " with medical masks and medical equipment on board ."
" We have to work together to beat the Covid-19. This is why the United States has agreed to buy the urgently needed protective equipment from Russia , "American Foreign Minister Mike Pompeo said in a tweet.
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According to the Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov, this aid was mentioned during the telephone interview on Monday between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his American counterpart Donald Trump.
" Today, when this situation affects everyone without exception and becomes global, there is no alternative to actions in the spirit of partnership and mutual assistance ," Peskov said on Tuesday. Russian news agencies. The equipment has been transferred to the United States Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in New York, said U.S. diplomacy spokesman Morgan Ortagus.
Russia has already dispatched several planes last week with virologists, medical equipment, laboratories and mobile disinfection systems to Italy, where the Covid-19 has taken more than 12,400 people.
The United States, the world's leading power, on Wednesday recorded more than 210,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus infection, including more than 4,750 dead, according to figures from Johns Hopkins University, which refer.
