The South Korean government will send 50,000 metric tons of rice to North Korea via international organizations “without delay,” Minister of Unification Kim Yeon-chul announced on Wednesday.

The news comes a month after Seoul first confirmed that it would provide food assistance to Pyongyang, following U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to give a green light to the plans in a phone call with South Korean counterpart Moon Jae-in.

“The government, after close consultation with the World Food Programme (WFP) considering the food situation in North Korea, has decided to provide 50,000 metric tons of domestic rice to the North,” Kim