Burma allows the last four UN helicopters in

by Mizzima News

Tuesday, 10 June 2008 11:00

New Delhi - Burma's military junta on Tuesday allow four more helicopters of the United Nations to fly into the country to assist in airlifting aid supplies to cyclone hit regions of the country. Paul Risley, spokesperson of World Food Programme (WFP) told Mizzima the last of the 10 helicopters that has been waiting for permission from Burma's ruler on Tuesday morning has flown into the country. "Today [the] last four helicopters flew from Bangkok to Myanmar [Burma]," said Paul Risley. "They have gone." After weeks of waiting in Bangkok, the 10 UN helicopters were given permission in phases – first one, second five and finally four – were allow to fly in to the country. The WFP said, six helicopters have been deployed for supplying aid to the Irrawaddy delta region, the hardest-hit by the Cyclone, and the four that flew in today will join the team. "I don't know, perhaps they will start tomorrow," Risley said. < Prev   Next >