Emergency relief supplies provided by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) have been delivered to the Independent State of Papua New Guinea (hereinafter referred to as “Papua New Guinea”) in response to flooding and landslide damage in the country.
The emergency relief supplies to be provided to Papua New Guinea arrived in Port Moresby, the capital of Papua New Guinea, on April 14, and a handover ceremony was held at the Jackson International Airport at 16:30 (local time) on the same day, attended by Mr. Lasse Mana, Director of the National Disaster Center from the Papua New Guinea side, and Ambassador Nobuyuki Watanabe, Japanese Ambassador to Papua New Guinea, and Hideaki Matsuoka Mr. Nobuyuki Watanabe, Ambassador of Japan to Papua New Guinea, and Mr. Hideaki Matsuoka, Director of the JICA Papua New Guinea Office, attended the ceremony to deliver the supplies.
At the handover ceremony, the Director of the Mana National Disaster Center expressed his deep appreciation for Japan’s assistance and said that this was not just a donation of goods, but a sign of friendship between the people of Japan and Papua New Guinea. Ambassador Watanabe expressed his sympathy for the victims of the earthquake and his hope that the recovery from the damage will progress as soon as possible.
The relief supplies will be delivered to the affected areas by the Papua New Guinea government.
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