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China offers $500,000 to quake-hit Myanmar

Updated: 2011-03-26 22:31

(Xinhua)

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BEIJING- China had decided to offer emergency humanitarian aid of $500,000 in cash to quake-stricken Myanmar, the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said Saturday.

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The aid was extended to help Myanmar's disaster relief efforts and post-quake reconstruction, the MOC said in a statement on its website.

Chen Deming, Minister of the MOC, expressed condolences to Myanmar in a letter to his counterpart of Myanmar, Minister of National Planning and Economic Development U Soe Tha.

Chen also said in the letter that China was willing to provide Myanmar with any necessary help.

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