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Friday, October 09, 2009 - 6.48 GMT |
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Govt. receives
humanitarian assistance from Russia |
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The
Government
of the
Russian
Federation
has
donated
a
consignment
worth
US$303,000
for the
purpose
of
humanitarian
assistance
in Sri
Lanka.
The aid
items
donated
to the
government
was
airlifted
to Sri
Lanka
with a
delegation
headed
by Ms.
O.
Vorobievskaya,
Senior
Specialist
Expert,
Development
of
International
Relations
of the
Ministry
for
Emergency
Situations
of the
Russian
Federation.
The aid
items
were
received
by the
Minister
of
Resettlement
and
Disaster
Relief
Services,
Mr.
Abdul
Risath
Bathiyutheen
and Mr.
Romesh
Jayasinghe,
Secretary
Foreign
Affairs
at the
Bandaranayake
International
Airport.
‘The
Russian
government
is
strongly
against
terrorism
and will
extend
its
fullest
support
to
post-war
Sri
Lanka’,
said
Russia’s
Ambassador
to Sri
Lanka
Vladamir
Mihailo,
speaking
at a
press
briefing
to
announce
the
handing
over of
the
large
consignment
of aid
for the
IDPs in
the
North
and
de-mining
equipment.
Two
Russian
de-mining
experts
are also
in the
country.
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