Turkey gives post tsunami reconstruction aid
[April 12, 2005 - 10.20 GMT] 

Turkey has contributed US $ 700, 000 to the President’s Fund for Disaster Relief, exclusively for post tsunami relief and humanitarian work.

According to a Foreign Ministry communiqué a letter to this effect was handed over by the Ambassador of Turkey resident in New Delhi, Hasan Gogus to Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday, Monday April 11.

This contribution is in addition to the housing project initiated by the Turkish government in Matara. Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan laid the foundation stone for the project during his visit here in February. This housing project will include a community center, kindergarten, shopping complex, including other amenities and is to be completed within seven months.

A new housing project will be constructed in Kalmunai, in Eastern Sri Lanka by the Turkish government. A MoU was signed between the government of Turkey and the Sri Lankan Ministry of Housing and Construction, Industry Eastern Province.

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Last Updated Date: April 12, 2005 - 10.20 GMT