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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Alaskan Permanent Participants to the Arctic Council in Kiruna, Sweden, on May 14, 2013. [State Department photo/ Public Domain]

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is greeted by Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Chief of Protocol Caroline Vicini upon arriving in Kiruna, Sweden, for the Arctic Council’s Ministerial Meeting on May 14, 2013. [State Department photo/ Public Domain]

U.S. Ambassador to Sweden Mark Brzezinski shows U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry the tree planted by the U.S. Embassy in Stockholm, Sweden, in memory of Raoul Wallenberg, the Swedish diplomat who saved thousands of Jews from the Holocaust, on May 14, 2013. [State Department photo/ Public Domain]

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry visits with U.S. Embassy staff during his trip to Stockholm, Sweden on May 14, 2013. [U.S. Department of State photo / Public Domain]

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt on May 14, 2013 in Stockholm, Sweden. [State Department photo / Public Domain]

Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, and U.S. Ambassador to Sweden Mark Brzezinski walk along the Strommen en route to a meeting with Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt on May 14, 2013, in Stockholm, Sweden. [State Department photo / Public Domain]

Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry view maps of world hot spots during their meeting in Stockholm, Sweden on May 14, 2013. [State Department photo / Public Domain]

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrives in Stockholm, Sweden, on May 14, 2013 for meetings with Swedish officials. [State Department photo / Public Domain]

U.S. Provides Wheat To Fill Urgent Food Gaps in Syria

As part of our nearly $510 million in humanitarian aid to help those affected by the crisis in Syria, wheat recently provided by the United States will feed more than one million people in Syria for four months.

The 25,000 metric tons of wheat donated to the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) will be milled into flour and distributed to vulnerable families across Syria’s 14 Governorates through WFP as part of a monthly food ration. In addition to the 25 kilogram bag of flour that is being provided in these monthly food kits, families receive vegetable oil, pasta, bulgur, canned pulses and sugar. MORE

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry uncorks a bottle of champagne en route from Andrews Air Force Base to Stockholm, Sweden as he celebrates the first press briefing at the U.S. Department of State Department by his new Spokesperson, Jen Psaki, on May 13, 2013. [State Department photo / Public Domain]