TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A United Nations organization has expressed its gratitude to Taiwan for the donation of 50,000 medical masks to Kuwait in June to aid in that country's fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

Taiwan’s representative office in Kuwait said it has received a letter thanking Taiwan for the medical supplies it delivered to Kuwaiti disease control institutions earlier this year, reported CNA.

The document was written by Ameera Hassan, director of the UN-Habitat GCC Office in Kuwait. The UN-Habitat Kuwait office was established to encourage human settlement and international cooperation in the Arab States region.

According to Taiwanese representative to Kuwait Mou Hua-wei (牟華瑋), Taiwan has donated 50,000 surgical masks, 10,000 N95 respirators, 1,000 hazmat suits, and 200 face shields to the Middle Eastern nation in collaboration with the UN-Habitat GCC Office and the Kuwait Association of Surgeons.

Taiwan had donated some 51 million masks worldwide as of August, Foreign Minister Joseph Wu (吳釗燮) said during a meeting with U.S. Health Secretary Alex Azar. In addition to medical supplies, Taiwanese machinery businesses donated “mask production lines” to the Czech Republic in September out of appreciation for the country’s support for Taiwan.