KUALA LUMPUR:
There is an urgent need for ASEAN and the international community to galvanise and coordinate efforts to deal with the emergency situation in Myanmar, said Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim. In a statement here yesterday, he said although the region was no stranger to natural disasters, the extent of the devastation brought about by Cyclone Nargis caught many by surprise. “The claim that we only smile together is evidently not true. Here we are together, in our earnestness to be collective in our endeavor to be together and contributive during times of difficulties,” he said at the ASEAN-UN International Pledging Conference for Myanmar in Yangon, yesterday. -Bernama
