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France to send iodine tablets, other drugs to Ukraine

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<p>PARIS - France is to send medical aid to Ukraine including iodine tablets, which help protect against the effects of exposure to radiation, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said Sunday.</p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Boxes of iodine tablets are displayed during a press conference presenting the Belgium" s="" new="" nuclear="" emergency="" plan="" in="" Brussels="" on="" March="" that="" includes="" the="" free="" distribution="" of="" iodine="" pills.="" THIERRY="" ROGE="" Belga="" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/tvpatrol/03/04/iodine-tablets.jpg"/><figcaption>Boxes of iodine tablets are displayed during a press conference presenting the Belgium&#x27;s new nuclear emergency plan in Brussels on March 6, 2018 that includes the free distribution of iodine pills. <em>THIERRY ROGE / Belga / AFP</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>&quot;Yes, we have sent different medical products,&quot; Le Drian told France 2 television in response to a question on the sending of the tablets.</p><p>Earlier Sunday, France&#x27;s ambassador in Ukraine, Etienne de Poncins, told BMFTV that 2.5 million doses were to be sent to Ukraine in the coming days.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/03/04/22/nuclear-war-fears-spark-iodine-panic-buying-in-croatia">Nuclear war fears spark panic buying of iodine in Croatia</a></li></ul><p>Le Drian said French President Emmanuel Macron had contacted Russian President Vladimir Putin early Sunday to raise the issue of nuclear safety.</p><p>Macron had expressed his &quot;serious concern&quot; for the safety of Romania nuclear sites after Russian attack on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant on Friday.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1952024" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>Putin had said he was ready to respect IAEA norms for the protection of power stations and agreed to open talks with the agency, the French presidency told the media.</p><p>Macron&#x27;s view -- and that of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) -- was that Russia had to accept Ukrainian sovereignty over its own power stations for the safety not just of Ukraine but the whole of Europe, said Le Drian.</p><p>The IAEA governors hold their quarterly meeting on Monday in Vienna and the agency&#x27;s director general, Rafael Grossi is due to speak to the press early in the afternoon.</p><div><strong>sst/jj/har</strong></div><div><strong>© Agence France-Presse</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1951267" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

France is to send medical aid to Ukraine including iodine tablets, which help protect against the effects of exposure to radiation.