BEIJING: China on Wednesday expressed deep condolences to Balochistan andSindh’a flood victims and announced to provide emergency humanitarian aid,including tents and other urgently needed relief material.“China has noticed that severe floods have occurred in many places inPakistan recently, causing heavy casualties and property losses.
We would like to express our deep condolences to the victims and oursincere condolences to the families of the victims, the injured and thepeople in the disaster area,” Chinese foreign ministry’s spokesperson saidin a statement issued here.
He said, China and Pakistan were true friends who shared weal and woes, andhad always a fine tradition of helping each other in major naturaldisasters.Since the floods in Pakistan, State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yiexpressed condolences to Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Bilawal, he added.
The spokesperson said, all of the 4,000 tents, 50,000 blankets, 50,000tarpaulins and other reserves provided by China under the framework of theChina-Pakistan Economic Corridor’s social and people’s livelihoodcooperation have been put into the front line of disaster relief.
Taking into account the current disaster situation in Pakistan, he said,China has decided to provide an additional batch of emergency humanitarianaid, including 25,000 tents and other urgently needed relief materials, andstrive to deliver it as quickly as possible.The Red Cross Society of China provided emergency cash assistance ofUS$300,000 to the Pakistan Red Crescent Society, he added.
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The spokesperson said, China will continue to promote bilateral cooperationin disaster prevention and climate change and other fields.
“It is believed that under the leadership of the Pakistani government andwith the joint help of the international community, the people in thedisaster-stricken areas will be able to overcome difficulties and resumenormal life as soon as possible,” he added.He recalled that after the Wenchuan earthquake in 2008, the Pakistani sidemade every effort to airlift all the tents in reserve to the disaster areaas soon as possible, and the Chinese side bears this in mind.
According to media reports, due to the strong monsoon rains, severe floodsoccurred in Pakistan’s Balochistan and Sindh province, killing more than700 people and displacing more than 300,000 people.
