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EU to provide more humanitarian aid to Myanmar

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EU to provide more humanitarian aid to Myanmar

The European Union (EU) has pledged another humanitarian aid of 2 million U.S. dollars to Myanmar through the World Bank, a local weekly reported Thursday.
The EU aid, pledged by EU Minister Counselor (Health and Food Safety) Patrick Deboyser during a recent visit to Myanmar, will be used for health and livestock-related projects in the country, the Khit Myanmar quoted Minister of Livestock and Fisheries Brigadier- General Maung Maung Thein as saying.
According to the Yangon-based European Commission, EU extended 8 million euros or 10.48 million dollars' humanitarian aid to Myanmar in 2006 and has drawn an aid program to Myanmar for 2007 with regard to the social sector.
Earlier reports said that the EU has allotted 40 million euros' aid to Myanmar for use in the latter's education and health sectors for a period of seven years between 2007 and 2013.
As of the end of 2004, the EU had extended 11.65 million euros to the country, according to the European Commission.
Source: Xinhua
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