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Myanmar donates cash aid for disaster victims of three countries

YANGON, Nov 05, 2009 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The Myanmar government has donated a cash aid of 50,000 U.S. dollars each to the governments of Indonesia and the Philippines, and 30,000 dollars to the government of Laos for natural disaster victims as humanitarian assistance, the official newspaper New Light of Myanmar reported Friday.

The cash donation was handed over by Myanmar Foreign Minister U Nyan Win to respective countries' ambassadors to Myanmar in Yangon on Thursday for earthquake victims in Padang, West Sumatra of Indonesia, and Typhoon Ketsana victims in the Philippines and Laos at the end of September.

U Nyan Win expressed condolence over the loss of lives and property caused by respective disasters, the report said.

Early October, the Myanmar government had donated a cash aid of 50,000 dollars to the Vietnamese government for victims of Typhoon Ketsana as humanitarian assistance.