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India sends 2 ships with relief to Myanmar
Monday, May 05, 2008 22:34 [IST]

New Delhi: India today sent two naval ships with relief and medical supplies to cyclone-ravaged Myanmar and is considering airlifting of aid material.

The ships Rana and Kirpan carrying food items, tents, blankets, clothing and medicines sailed for Yangon from Port Blair to reach the Myanmarese capital on May 7,an official statement here said.

External Affairs Ministry spokesman Navtej Sarna told reporters here that the government was "also considering further immediate relief and medical supplies, including by air".

External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee conveyed India's readiness to provide immediate emergency relief assistance to Myanmar to cope with this calamity.

President Pratibha Patil, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee have sent messages of condolence, expressing their deep distress at the devastation caused by the natural disaster.

The External Affairs Minister, in a message to his Myanmar counterpart, extended his deep sympathy to the victims and the bereaved families.

The death toll in the devastating cyclone Nargis that swept through Myanmar has risen to almost 4,000.


Source : PTI

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