Japan - SL parliamentary friendship offers flood relief assistance to SL

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The Japan-Sri Lanka Parliamentary Friendship League (JSLPFL) donated a package of drinking bottles for the victims affected by the recent floods and landslides in Sri Lanka.

The goods were handed over to Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Japan Prof. Dammika Ganganath Disanayake on 19 June at the House of Representative Building in Tokyo with the participation of President JSLPFL Wataru Takeshita, Secretary General Yuko Obuchi, and Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan Asian Oceanian Affairs Bureau Director General Kazuya Nashida. This donation was made by the JSLPFL in cooperation with ITO EN Ltd and Suntory Holdings Ltd.

At the meeting Takeshta said that Japan stands ready to provide further assistance to Sri Lanka in the field of disaster risk reduction.

Upon the request of the Government of Sri Lanka, Japan dispatched a Disaster Relief Expert team to Sri Lanka in response to the damages from the floods and landslides in the month of May.

Moreover, the Embassy received financial contributions from several Japanese Government and private institutions as well as individuals as an immediate response to the relief operations conducted for victims of the floods and landslides. Minato City office and City Assembly donated JPY 1.1 million for the disaster relief operations, Asian Ladies Friendship Association offered JPY 0. 3 million and teachers of Tama Nursery in Hachioji contributed JPY 0.2 million among others.