AKIPRESS.COM - Mongolia will send meat and meat products worth $1 million to Russia to help combat the COVID-19 pandemic, Mongolian parliament speaker Gombojav Zandanshatar said Thursday, according to Xinhua news agency. 

Zandanshatar made the remarks when meeting with Russian Ambassador to Mongolia Iskander Azizov, according to the parliament's press office.

"Our country's National Security Council has decided to send meat and meat products worth 1 million U.S. dollars to Russia's Irkutsk region and the Republic of Buryatia. We hope that the non-refundable aid will help prevent and combat the spread of COVID-19," Zandanshatar said.

The Russian ambassador expressed his deep gratitude to the Mongolian side and said that he would immediately inform the authorities of the two Russian regions.