TOKYO: Japan on Tuesday decided to help Pakistan’s flood affected areas in the form of relief goods and a grant worth $3.2 million.
According to sources, 230,000 dollars were allocated for emergency relief goods while grant assistance of up to $ 3 million would also be provided.
Tokyo had decided to extend the emergency assistance upon the request of Islamabad. Devastating floodwaters have so far claimed the lives of more than 1,400 people.
Japan’s Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada also sent a message of sympathy to Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi in which he had expressed his deepest condolences to the victims and their bereaved families.
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