EU unveils aid for E. Timor, RI refugees

EU unveils aid for E. Timor, RI refugees

BELGIUM: The European Union's executive branch announced on Wednesday aid of 1.75 million euros (US$2 million) for drought victims in East Timor and for refugees from civil conflict in Indonesia.

Thousands in the former Indonesian territory of East Timor are still suffering from malnutrition after a two-year drought that ran to last year, the European Commission said.

The aid will also help cover the basic requirements of about 50,000 people driven from their homes by conflict in the Indonesian provinces of Aceh, Ambon and Central Sulawesi, it said. --AFP