YANGON, Jul 23 (NNN-MNA) – China has delivered around 190 tonnes of relief materials, to help victims of Cyclone Mocha in Myanmar.
The handover ceremony of the Chinese government’s humanitarian aid was held at Yangon Port, on Friday.
Yangon Region Chief Minister, U Soe Thein, Chinese Ambassador to Myanmar, Chen Hai and Ouyang Daobing, economic and commercial counsellor of the Chinese embassy in Myanmar, attended the ceremony.
The donated items include food, chlorine dioxide tablets, disinfection tablets, water pumps, generators, portable solar lamps and tents.
After Cyclone Mocha hit Myanmar, the Chinese government provided humanitarian supplies worth nine million yuan (1.25 million U.S. dollars) and cash assistance worth one million yuan, to the country. The first batch of emergency aid arrived in Myanmar by air shortly after the disaster.– NNN-MNA