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Burma/Cyclone Nargis

Published on May 7, 2008
Communiqué issued by the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs

Paris, May 5, 2008

In the face of the scale of the disaster which has just hit Burma, we are putting in place the means to help the Burmese people and respond to the requests made by the country’s authorities.

For delivery of this aid we will be liaising with the Red Cross and the French NGOs on the ground: Médecins du Monde and Action Against Hunger. Initial emergency aid of €200,000 has been made available.

The Minister of Foreign and European Affairs is ready to go immediately to Burma to personally demonstrate France’s solidarity with the Burmese people in this ordeal./.