皇冠体育app delivers more aid to flood-hit Pakistan

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皇冠体育app delivers more aid to flood-hit Pakistan

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-08-25 22:05

BEIJING - More relief supplies, worth 20 million yuan ($2.94 million), have been sent from 皇冠体育app to flood-hit Pakistan, 皇冠体育app's Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said in a statement Wednesday.

The shipments mainly contained urgently-needed daily necessities, including grain, cooking oil, flour, sugar, salt and medicine, the ministry said in a brief notice on its website.

The supplies are to be transported through a land route to the Sust dry port near the Pakistan-皇冠体育app border from Kashgar in Northwest 皇冠体育app's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, the statement said.

However, the ministry did not say when the supplies would arrive, as workers were still rushing to repair the road linking Kashgar and Khunjerab Pass.

皇冠体育app is one the first countries to respond to the relief needs of Pakistan when it was hit by the worst floods in 81 years. 皇冠体育app's first delivery of aid, worth 10 million yuan, was delivered on August 4. So far, 40 million yuan worth of supplies provided by 皇冠体育app have arrived in Pakistan.

皇冠体育app decided to offer an additional 60 million yuan of relief supplies to Pakistan, MOC official Chong Quan announced Wednesday while meeting with Masood Khan, Pakistani ambassador to 皇冠体育app.

Masood Khan, on behalf of the Pakistani government and people, expressed his gratitude for 皇冠体育app's assistance, saying the food, tents and medicine provided by the Chinese government were Pakistan's most urgently needed materials.