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India announces additional 20 million dollars for Pak flood victims | India on Tuesday announced an additional US 20 million
dollars in aid to flood-affected Pakistan. External Affairs Minister SM Krishna made the announcement in the Lok Sabha today. "Government has decided to increase
its assistance to Pakistan from 5 million US dollars, announced earlier, to 25
million US dollars. Out of this amount, 20 million US dollars would be contributed
to the 'Pakistan Initial Floods Emergency Response Plan' launched by the UN Office
for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs," said Krishna in a suo motu statement
in the Lok Sabha. "The balance of five million US dollars would be contributed
to the World Food Programme for its relief efforts in Pakistan . Prime Minister
has rightly said that in such times of natural disasters, all of South Asia should
rise to the occasion and extend every possible help to the affected people," he
added. Krishna further said India cannot remain unconcerned with this grave humanitarian
crisis of enormous magnitude in our immediate neighbourhood. "I had telephoned
the Foreign Minister of Pakistan on August 13, 2010, and conveyed deepest sympathies
and condolences to the people and Government of Pakistan, on this natural disaster,
on behalf of the people and Government of India," said Krishna . "As a gesture
of solidarity with the people of Pakistan in their hour of need, I had also conveyed
Government's offer of assistance of US five million dollars for provision of relief
material from India for the flood victims in Pakistan ," he added. |
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