Thailand sends cash, relief to stricken Burma

The Foreign Ministry has donated US$50,000 and the military has offered dried food and medicines to help Burma to recover from the damage of Cyclone Nargis, which hit the country last week, Foreign Minister Noppadon Pattama said on Monday.

Mr Noppadon said that Thai tourists who were stranded in Rangoon and Mandalay had returned home safely, while about 400 Thais now working in the former capital Rangoon were also safe from the deadly disaster.

The Thai embassy is now providing special care to the workers, he said.

Thailand plans to send an Air Force C-130 military transport with nine tonnes of relief supplies for cyclone victims. The special flight is expected to depart from Bangkok Tuesday morning.

Mr Noppadon said he would inform the cabinet during the weekly meeting on Tuesday so that more assistance could be handed out to the neighbouring country.

According to Burmese state media, at least 351 people died and nearly 100,000 people were left homeless after Nargis battered southern Burma's Irrawaddy Delta and Rangoon on Friday and Saturday. (TNA)
(Source-http://www.bangkokpost.com/breaking_news/breakingnews.php?id=127489)