Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Maldives hand over stock of essential food items to IDPs in Sri Lanka

The Maldivian government today handed over a stock of essential food and other items to Sri Lanka for the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the North.

Maldivian Ambassador Ali Hussain handed over five truckloads of essential items and food stocks this morning to Rishad Bathiyutheen, Minister of Resettlement and Disaster Relief Services.

Sri Lanka government hopes to dispatch these essential food and other items among the IDPs in the North with the assistance of International Committee of Red Cross within the next few days, the Minister said.

Source: colombopage.com

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