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Indonesia sends more aid, rescuers to Myanmar
Indonesia dispatched on Thursday another batch of aid and more rescuers and medical workers to disaster-stricken Myanmar as the team in Naypyidaw is working to help in the relief efforts.
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Vital relief assistance: Members of the National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) prepare to exhibit their equipment on Thursday before attending the departure ceremony for Indonesia's humanitarian aid mission to Myanmar following the earthquake, at Halim Perdanakusuma Air Base in Jakarta. (AFP/Yasuyoshi Chiba)
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ndonesia on Thursday dispatched some 100 tonnes of aid, including medicines, sanitation tools and other basic needs, to disaster-stricken Myanmar, alongside another search and rescue team consisting of 69 personnel.
The aid was sent under President Prabowo Subianto’s directive as a form of “solidarity from the people of Indonesia”, said Foreign Minister Sugiono at the Halim Perdanakusuma Air Force Base in East Jakarta.
“On the 28th of March, Myanmar was hit by an earthquake. As the security and political situation in Myanmar continues to be unconducive, the number of victims and the amount of damages continue to grow,” Sugiono said.
“We hope that all of our contributions and participation can provide goodness, and that our activities can lighten the burden of our brothers and sisters who are experiencing the disaster,” he continued.
According to a statement by the Foreign Ministry, the total assistance given by Indonesia stands at 124 tonnes, 20 tonnes of which already arrived in Myanmar on Monday.
Worth US$1.2 million, 64 tonnes of the assistance were collected from the private sector, while the remaining 60 tonnes were contributed by the government.
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