Thailand donates $250,000 to RI

Thailand donates $250,000 to RI

INDONESIA: Thailand, itself afflicted by the Dec. 26 tsunami
disaster, has donated US$250,000 in financial aid to Indonesia
for humanitarian relief in Aceh and North Sumatra provinces, the
Thai Embassy in Jakarta said on Tuesday.

Thai Foreign Minister Surakiart Sathirathai handed the
donation to Indonesian State Minister of Research and Technology
Kusmayanto Kadiman in Phuket on Jan. 28.

Kusmayanto was in Phuket attending a regional ministerial
meeting on the tsunami disaster.

Previously, the Thai military donated humanitarian aid
consisting of rice, water, dried food and medicine to Indonesian
Military chief Gen. Endriartono Sutarto for distribution to
tsunami victims in Aceh.

"Thailand hopes that these contributions will supplement the
ongoing relief operation in Indonesia with the aim of bringing
about a full and speedy recovery in tsunami-stricken areas of
Indonesia," the embassy said in press release sent to The Jakarta
Post. -- JP