The German Federal government decided Friday to send food aid worth $2.2 million dollars to famine-stricken North Korea whose food crisis has been aggravated by recent drought.
Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul said the aid will be implemented through the World Food Programme (WFP) which has established facilities for distributing food to North Korean civilians across the country.
The Minister added the German government will launch a separate program for distributing bread to North Korean students.
Germany's beef aid program to North Korea is being stalled as farmers feel less inclined to sell beef at low prices now that the fears of mad cow disease that caused demand to plummet are subsiding.
The first shipment of 30,000 tons of beef was originally planned in April, but has not been realized yet.
Friday's decision for emergency grain aid is likely to help ease the North Korean famine and further improve relations between the two countries, which established ambassadorial-level relations March 1st.