In this photo released by the Democratic Voice of Burma, fallen trees are seen Tuesday, May 6, 2008, following cyclone Nargis. International aid has begun to trickle into Myanmar, but the stricken Irrawaddy delta, the nation’s rice bowl where 22,000 people perished and twice as many are missing, remained cut off from the world.(AP Photo/Democratic Voice of Burma, HO)
PHNOM PENH, May 7 (Xinhua) -- The Cambodian government on Wednesday donated 50,000 U.S. dollars to cyclone-stricken Myanmar to relieve the difficulties there, said Hor Namhong, Cambodian Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.
"This small amount of money is our people and government's spirit and heart to help the Myanmar people and government which is our friend in the ASEAN family," Hor Nam Hong told reporters at his office after he met with a Myanmar diplomatic official on Wednesday morning.
Hor Namhong handed over the donation to Aung Naing, Myanmar Ambassador to Cambodia, after they talked about the cyclone disaster in Myanmar.
"The Cambodian people and government join the condolences for Myanmar's families and the government who suffered from the cyclone disaster. It is our sadness," Hor Nam Hong said.
Cambodia also conveyed a wish for the referendum in Myanmar to succeed, he added.
Editor: Bi Mingxin
"This small amount of money is our people and government's spirit and heart to help the Myanmar people and government which is our friend in the ASEAN family," Hor Nam Hong told reporters at his office after he met with a Myanmar diplomatic official on Wednesday morning.
Hor Namhong handed over the donation to Aung Naing, Myanmar Ambassador to Cambodia, after they talked about the cyclone disaster in Myanmar.
"The Cambodian people and government join the condolences for Myanmar's families and the government who suffered from the cyclone disaster. It is our sadness," Hor Nam Hong said.
Cambodia also conveyed a wish for the referendum in Myanmar to succeed, he added.
Editor: Bi Mingxin
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60,000 Dead or Missing in Burma
By Amy Kazmin
By Amy Kazmin
Washington Post Foreign Service
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
BANGKOK, May 6 — The number of dead and missing in the Burma cyclone soared past 60,000 Tuesday amid signs the toll will rise even higher, as much of the disaster zone remained flooded by seawater, threatened by disease and out of reach of an international relief operation that is taking shape..
President Bush offered to send U.S. Navy units to help in the operation, and sharply criticized Burma’s military-run government for delays in approving visas for emergency teams. Burmese dissident groups took issue with the timing of the administration’s criticism, suggesting it could complicate the relief effort.
Emergency supplies began arriving by air in wind-battered Rangoon, the largest city in Burma. But little or no aid reached the Irrawaddy Delta, a vast and low-lying rice-producing region that absorbed the storm’s worst fury. Satellite photos showed catastrophic flooding of fields and villages as far inland as 35 miles.
A tidal wave that accompanied the cyclone was more deadly than the winds, Minister for Relief and Resettlement Maung Maung Swe told reporters in Rangoon. “The wave was up to 12 feet high, and it swept away and inundated half the houses in low-lying villages,” he said. “They did not have anywhere to flee.”
Emergency supplies began arriving by air in wind-battered Rangoon, the largest city in Burma. But little or no aid reached the Irrawaddy Delta, a vast and low-lying rice-producing region that absorbed the storm’s worst fury. Satellite photos showed catastrophic flooding of fields and villages as far inland as 35 miles.
A tidal wave that accompanied the cyclone was more deadly than the winds, Minister for Relief and Resettlement Maung Maung Swe told reporters in Rangoon. “The wave was up to 12 feet high, and it swept away and inundated half the houses in low-lying villages,” he said. “They did not have anywhere to flee.”
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