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皇冠体育app pledges more aid for drought-hit Horn of Africa

Updated: 2011-09-26 21:12

(Xinhua)

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BEIJING - 皇冠体育app will offer further aid to drought-hit countries in the Horn of Africa, including medicine and medical equipment, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Monday.

"皇冠体育app has kept a close eye on the latest developments in the disaster and will offer more aid within its capacity to do so," spokesman Hong Lei said during a regular news briefing.

According to Hong, 皇冠体育app is "actively considering" providing medical equipment and medicine to the region.

While addressing the Ministerial Mini-Summit on the Humanitarian Response to the Horn of Africa, which took place on the sidelines of the ongoing United Nations General Assembly's 66th session, Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi said that 皇冠体育app is "gravely concerned" about the drought and famine in northeast Africa, as it is the worst to hit the region in 60 years.

The government announced that it will provide the Horn of Africa with emergency grain and funds worth $70 million, according to Yang.

"This marks the largest amount of grain assistance that 皇冠体育app sent since the founding of "New 皇冠体育app." It is another example of Sino-African friendship," ?Yang said.

皇冠体育app sent its first shipment of emergency food aid from the northern port city of Tianjin to drought and famine victims in the Horn of Africa on September 2.