RI sent help worth 1.2 million dollars for the victims of the earthquake of Myanmar

Jakarta – The government of the Republic of Indonesia sent humanitarian aid to earthquake victims in Myanmar. The total help provided by Indonesia was 1.2 million US dollars. The Foreign Minister (Foreign Affairs) Sugiono officially released the Indonesian government’s assistance to Myanmar at Halim Perdanakusuma Lanud, East Jakarta, on Thursday (3/2025). The help sent are the items that the victims need most according to the results of coordination with ASEAN. “The amount of help we convey is about 120 tonnes of goods whose value reaches about 124 tonnes well. The value is $ 1.2 million,” Sugiono said. Browse to continue the content, Sugiono said the earthquake that myanmar shook caused significant casualties and damage. The number of victims is still growing with the circumstances of safety and politics in Myanmar, which is not yet conducive. “To this day, the number of victims and the amount of damage is still on the basis of our notes, to this day. To this day. To this day, to this day. To this day, the number of victims and the amount of damage is still based on our notes. There are to this day 2,886 casualties and 4.636 injuries, while about 300 people are missing,” he said. He added that so far there have been no reports of Indonesian citizens who were victims in the earthquake disaster in Myanmar. “Based on monitoring and reports submitted by the Ambassador to the Republic of Indonesia in Myanmar, there have so far been no reports on the victims of Indonesian citizens. We hope that all Indonesian citizens who are there are in good condition,” he added. The earthquake in Myanmar took place on Friday (28/3) with a force reaching 7.7. The Indonesian government then immediately coordinated with the Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture (Menko PMK) and held various emergency meetings to regulate the delivery of assistance to Myanmar. “At the same time, there was an emergency meeting, meetings between all foreign ministries to coordinate the steps to provide humanitarian aid to Myanmar,” he said. The emergency response team from Indonesia, says Sugiono, was already sent to Myanmar on March 31, consisting of BNPB and Inasar elements. It also held an emergency meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Asean countries to discuss the help Myanmar needs. “Based on the results of a meeting of the ASEAN Foreign Ministry, shelters and tools and medicine, medical devices and medicines are at the moment needed. Therefore, we also send the most help of what they need,” Sugiono concluded. Watch the video ‘Myanmar Military Tembaki Chinese Red Cross that carries the help of earthquake victims’: (Call/Yangs) HOEGENG Awards 2025 Read the inspiring story of the exemplary police candidate here