China donates additional US $ 30 million in kind for Pakistan flood victims

[Turborama]

Source: APP

ISLAMABAD, Sep 6 (APP): Liu Jian, Ambassador of China to Pakistan called on Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on Monday to convey the message of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao that Chinese Government will immediately provide an additional assistance of 200 million RMB (equivalent to US $ 30 million) in kind, to supplement the flood relief efforts of the Government of Pakistan.

China has already committed relief assistance worth of $ 20 million for the Pakistan’s flood victims in the past weeks and this additional contribution will raise the total of its assistance to $ 50 million, said a press release issued by the PM Media Office.

The Chinese Ambassador also apprised the Prime Minister that while a field hospital manned by 55 male and female doctors from his country was already operational in Sindh, another hospital, to be mostly manned by the female doctors of Peoples Liberation Army, will reach Pakistan in next few days time.

Besides, the Chinese Government has also decided to dispatch more army helicopters to Pakistan to take part in rescue and relief efforts.

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[dipsydoodle]

1. Always good to see real help/aid

as opposed to vacant promises.