| International Community Continues to Offer Condolences, Aid to Quake-hit China (XXXII) | ||
More countries have sent messages of condolence and aid to China following the devastating earthquake in the country's southwestern Sichuan province on May 12. Angolan Foreign Minister Joao Miranda, New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters, NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, and Paula Gopee-Scoon, foreign minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, have sent their sympathies to China in recent days over the disaster. Meanwhile, the Fiji government donated 25,000 Fiji dollars (about 16,600 U.S. dollars) to China. The Uruguayan government donated a set of water-purification equipment worth some 100,000 U.S. dollars. The Polish government has pledged 160 military tents. The Greek government offered China 5 tons of relief supplies including 100 tents, medicines and medical equipment. The Defense Ministry of Germany provided China with 3 million euros' worth of aid materials including 80 military tents. |
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