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Wednesday May 7, 10:05 AM
Thailand to Give US$100,000 Aid to Myanmar Cyclone VictimsBANGKOK, May 7 Asia Pulse - The Thai government has approved a US$100,000 grant to assist victims of Cyclone Nargis which devastated Myanmar over the weekend, and Thailand will consider further assistance as the Cabinet meets today, according to the minister of foreign affairs. Interviewed on the morning news programme on Modernine TV (TV Channel 9), Foreign Minister Noppadon Pattama said the ministry doubled its aid to $100,000 from an initial $50,000 to help cyclone-battered Myanmar.
"We are among the countries that offered help to Myanmar early. The army on Monday sent dry food and medical supplies to cyclone-hit areas by a C-130 military transport aircraft. The Myanmar foreign ministry thanked Thailand for the humanitarian aid," Mr. Noppadon said. Myanmar's state media said last weekend's cyclone killed some 10,000 persons in the town of Bogalay in the country's Irrawaddy Delta, raising fears that the country's overall death toll will rise significantly. The Associated Press reported Myanmar's foreign minister told diplomats in Yangon on Monday that, overall, more than 10,000 people may have died when Cyclone Nargis struck Saturday. Myanmar has appealed for urgent assistance from the international community in wake of the disaster. (TNA-OANA)
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