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Singapore may host ASEAN meeting on Myanmar aid - report
12 May 2008 00:08:23 GMT
Source: Reuters
SINGAPORE, May 12 (Reuters) - Foreign ministers of Southeast Asian countries could meet in Singapore soon to discuss measures to boost relief and recovery efforts in cyclone-hit Myanmar, the Straits Times reported on Monday.

Myanmar has agreed to Singapore's offer to host the meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in the city-state and its foreign minister is expected to attend, the Singapore-based newspaper said in a report without identifying its source.

The reported meeting comes after Singapore's Foreign Minister George Yeo wrote to his Myanmar counterpart Nyan Win last Friday, a Foreign Ministry statement said.

As many as 100,000 people are feared to have died in the cyclone that hit Myanmar eight days ago. The U.N. humanitarian agency said in a new assessment that between 1.2 million and 1.9 million people were struggling to survive in the aftermath of the storm. (Reporting by Saeed Azhar; Editing by David Fox)
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