Spain sends five planes with aid

Spain sends five planes with aid

INDONESIA: Spain has sent five military aircraft -- two Hercules
C-130 and three CN 235 -- with several tons of humanitarian aid,
and medical and military personnel to Indonesia, the Spanish
Embassy said in Jakarta.

"Two Hercules C-130 have already landed (on Thursday) while
three CN 235 are expected to arrive on early Friday. On board
they bring some 14 tons of humanitarian aid, including a water
purifying plant," the Embassy said in a press release sent to The
Jakarta Post on Thursday.

Spanish foreign minister Miguel Angel Moratinos, who is
currently visiting the tsunami-battered areas in Aceh, will
welcome the planes on their arrival at Pekanbaru Airport in Riau
province on Friday.

Moratinos met President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and the
Coordinating Minister for Social Welfare Alwi Shihab on Thursday
in Aceh. -- JP