China to offer emergency aid

18 January 2011 09:57 am Views - 3890

China has decided to provide emergency humanitarian aid to Sri Lanka to help the flood-hit areas, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said today

"China will offer emergency humanitarian aid worth 10 million yuan (about $1.52 million) to Sri Lanka," Hong told a regular news briefing, adding that Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi extended condolences to his Sri Lankan counterpart.

Heavy monsoon rains caused flooding across the island nation last week, killing at least 40 people, leaving 51,400 people in temporary shelters and threatening Sri Lanka's staple rice crop. (Xinhua)