Prime Minister Shinzo Abe plans to unveil in a speech at the U.N. General Assembly next week Japan's plan to provide more than $10 million in additional humanitarian aid to help Syrian refugees, government sources said.
Japan wants to do its part in achieving a peaceful resolution to the Syrian crisis and support a U.S.-Russian agreement that requires Syria to hand over chemical weapons to international control, the sources said Wednesday.
The fresh aid would come on top of around $95 million Japan has already extended to Syria via international organizations and nongovernmental organizations, bringing the total amount to more than $100 million.