|
|
|
 |
 |
 |
| Friday, 07 January 2005 |
 |
|
 |
News | |
| News Business Features Editorial Security Politics World Letters Sports Obituaries
|
Lee Hae-chan, Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea will be in Sri Lanka today and tomorrow. Prime Minister Hae-chan will meet President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse for talks on the tidal wave disaster and bilateral relations. The Prime Minister will be accompanied by a high level delegation including Ban Ki-moon, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Kang Dong-suk, Minister of Construction and Transportation and Cho Young-taek, Vice Minister for Public Policy Co-ordination in Prime Minister's Office. A total 47 members will comprise the Prime Minister's delegation including the press. The Prime Minister and his delegation will bring two tons of relief supplies including water purifiers and blankets as well as items of clothing which will be handed over to his counterpart Mahinda Rajapakse, who will receive Hae-chan at the Bandaranaike International Airport, on arrival. The relief supplies will be later distributed by the Korean NGOs operating in Sri Lanka. Together with Prime Minister Rajapakse, Prime Minister Hae-chan will travel along the western coast to have a first-hand view of the destruction to lives, livelihoods and property and will make a stop-over in Hambantota. When informed of the tsunami disaster, the Korean Government responded by granting an initial donation of US$ 200,000 to the President's Emergency Relief Fund and continued to increase the financial assistance to the tidal wave affected countries up to US$ 50 million which includes US$ 45 million for reconstruction and rehabilitation. This amount is to be made available over three years starting from 2005. The Korean Government dispatched the International Emergency Rescue Team of Korea organised by the Ministry of Health and Welfare and Korea Medical Rescue Unit to actively participate in Sri Lanka's emergency relief operations. |
|
News | Business | Features
| Editorial | Security
Produced by Lake House |
