Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced today approximately $25 million assistance in response to the deteriorating situation in South Sudan.
In his speech made during his visit to Ehtiopia today the prime minister said most of the assistance, about $20 million, will answer an appeal by the United Nations on 31 December.
The assistance is expected to cover humanitarian needs stipulated in the UN plan, such as food and nutrition, health, water and sanitation, protection, logistics and refugees.
Services of this kind in South Sudan are generally provided by non-governmental organizations or UN agencies, not by the government.
Abe also noted that the Japanese government had already deployed a company of military engineers to UNMISS, the peacekeeping mission.
According to a press statement by the Government of Ethiopia, the Japanese leader arrived in Addis Ababa on Monday at the head of a 50-person delegation of senior officials, parliamentarians and business leaders.
He also announced the launching of new development projects in Ethiopia and welcomed Ethiopia’s role in mediating a peace process for South Sudan.