Another 103 tons of relief goods shipped to Pakistan
GOV.cn Wednesday, November 02, 2005

China has offered another batch of 600 tents and 24,000 quilts and padded mattresses to Pakistan for earthquake victims, Foreign Ministry spokesman Kong Quan said in Beijing Tuesday.

The relief goods were shipped from Beijing on Monday, Kong said.

So far, China's relief aid to Pakistan has amounted to 20.5 million US dollars since the October 8 quake struck the south Asian country.

In addition, another Chinese searching and rescuing team arrived in Pakistan's disaster-struck areas on Sunday from Beijing and started operation, Kong said.

"Chinese people are deeply concerned about the current difficulties in Pakistan caused by the earthquake," he said.

Meanwhile, the spokesman said China has noticed that a meeting on the reconstruction of quake-hit areas will be held in Pakistan on Nov. 19 and the Chinese government is thinking of sending representatives to the meeting.

 
Editor: Du Jing
Source: Xinhua