AS the government of Myanmar continues to swiftly assess the damage in earthquake-affected areas and carries out ongoing rescue and relief efforts, humanitarian assistance from the international community has also been steadily arriving. According to the respective donor countries, rescue teams, medical personnel including doctors and nurses, humanitarian relief supplies and medicines are arriving in Myanmar daily.
Four Y-20 aircraft from China arrived at the Tatmadaw Airport in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday morning, carrying a total of 104 tonnes of humanitarian aid supplies and medicines. The aid was handed over by Ms Cao Jing, Chargé d’affaires of the Chinese Embassy to Myanmar and received by Ambassador U Kyaw Htun from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Director-General Dr Min Thein from the Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement.
Likewise, an Air China flight carrying 92,727 kilogrammes of aid supplies including tents, tarpaulins, beds, mosquito nets, and food arrived at Yangon International Airport at 12:20 pm yesterday. The shipment was welcomed by Yangon Region Chief Minister U Soe Thein, regional ministers, officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement and Mr Jia Junjie, Minister Counsellor of the Chinese Embassy to Myanmar, along with other embassy staff.
Tatmadaw personnel, Yangon City Development Committee staff and local cargo workers loaded the relief items onto vehicles. Under the supervision of the Yangon Region government, the supplies were then sent to Nay Pyi Taw to be delivered to the earthquake-affected areas. — MNA/KZL
