Accept Indian aid, no role for politics in disaster: US to Pak

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Manmohan Singh calls Pak PM, offers more help for floods
Manmohan Singh calls Pak PM, offers more help for floods

New Delhi: Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh has called up Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani to condole the death of thousands in the huge floods that have devastated parts of his country.

The Prime Minister said the government of India had already made an offer of assistance and was ready to do more to assist in the relief effort.

He said in such times of natural disasters, all of South Asia should rise to the occasion and extend every possible help to the people affected by the tragedy.


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Pakistan thanks India for $5 mn aid

Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has thanked India for offering $ 5 million aid for the relief of flood victims in his country. Qureshi, who is on a visit to the US, announced on Wednesday that India had offered a $ 5 million donation for flood victims. He profusely thanked India's
top diplomat here for the offer, Dawn News reported on Thursday.

He said he had received a telephone call in New York from Indian External Affairs Minister SM Krishna.

Pakistan had been unsure about how to respond to the aid offered by India Aug 13.

Krishna described the offer as a "gesture of solidarity with the people of Pakistan in their hour of need", a statement issued by the Indian High Commission in Islamabad had said.

Sources in the Pakistan foreign ministry had said India's offer was being considered. "We have not rejected the offer outright and a decision would be made soon," a senior official had been quoted as saying.

Pakistan is grappling with its worst ever floods that have left over 1,600 people dead and affected over 20 million people.