Flood relief:

ROK donates US $ 200,000

Ambassador of the Republic of Korea Dr Choi Kichul expressed concern about the national disaster in Sri Lanka caused by the recent heavy rainfall and hoped the flood victims could restore to normal life as soon as possible when he met Environment Minister Anura Priyadarshana Yapa, at the Ministry on January 18, 2011.

The ROK Ambassador further stated that the Government of the Republic of Korea made a decision to support the resettlement of the flood victims with US $ 200,000 worth of relief supplies, and currently the Disaster Management Centre (DMC) and the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) are in coordination to work out the details of the relief supplies."