India ready to provide aid to quake-hit Myanmar, Thailand

Record ID: 1986536

  • Title: India ready to provide aid to quake-hit Myanmar, Thailand
  • Date: 28th March 2025
  • Summary: NEW DELHI, INDIA (MARCH 28, 2025) (ANI - No use India) INDIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY OFFICIALS SITTING REPORTERS SITTING (SOUNDBITE) (English) INDIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY, SECRETARY (EAST) JAIDEEP MAZUMDAR, SAYING: "We are in touch with the authorities in Bangkok on this. There is nothing at the moment indicate either way whether it is going to have any effect on the summit." REPORT
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  • Keywords: BIMSTEC India Myanmar Narendra Modi Thailand earthquake foreign ministry relief efforts rescue operation
  • Location: NEW DELHI, INDIA/INTERNET
  • City: NEW DELHI, INDIA/INTERNET
  • Country: India
  • Topics: Asia / Pacific,Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA002M24DL5B
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday (March 28) said New Delhi was ready to "offer all possible assistance" to Myanmar and Thailand after a powerful earthquake rocked Southeast Asia.
    "Concerned by the situation in the wake of the Earthquake in Myanmar and Thailand.
    Praying for the safety and wellbeing of everyone. India stands ready to offer all possible assistance.
    In this regard, asked our authorities to be on standby. Also asked the MEA to remain in touch with the Governments of Myanmar and Thailand," Modi said on social media website 'X'.
    Indian foreign ministry officials said they were in touch with their Myanmarese and Thai counterparts and assessing damage reports and preparing for relief material.
    At least three people were killed in the town of Taungoo in Myanmar when a mosque partially collapsed, witnesses said, while local media reported that at least two people died and 20 were injured after a hotel collapsed in Aung Ban.
    In Thailand, the defence minister said rescuers were searching for 81 people trapped in the rubble of a skyscraper that was under construction and collapsed into a pile of rubble.
    The United States Geological Survey (USGS) said the quake, which struck at lunchtime, was of 7.7 magnitude and at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles).
    The epicentre was about 17 km from the Myanmar city of Mandalay, which has a population of about 1.5 million.
    The quake was followed by a powerful aftershock and several more moderate ones.
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