Arab News Japan 

TOKYO: Japan on Friday extended emergency grant aid worth $28.95 million to vulnerable refugees and internally displaced people facing humanitarian crisis in Syria and neighboring countries, Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi said at a press conference.

The assistance includes winter clothing kits, package of house repairs, food, and safe water, as well as assistance in the areas of health and hygiene. 

The fund will be extended through the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the World Food Programme (WFP), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), and the United Naitions Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). 

More than 1.1 million people, including those that are internally displaced and categorized as refugees are expected to be covered by this aid. Furthermore, heating fuel and medical services will be provided to approximately 600,000 people. 

Hayashi said that Japan will continue to work closely with the international community towards the settlement of the Syrian crisis through improving the humanitarian situation in Syria and advancing the UN-facilitated political process.