Foreign Team to Join Relief Operations

the 15th May from Chinadaily

Japan will send an emergency relief team Thursday to China's quake-stricken areas, Foreign Ministry officials said.

The Japanese government is coordinating with relevant departments of the Chinese side over details of the relief operations, they said.

The first batch of the relief team, consisting of some 10 members, is scheduled to set off from Narita airport later Thursday.

China has accepted Japan's offer to send an emergency response team to the quake-stricken southwest area, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said in Beijing on Thursday.

Many international organizations and foreign leaders have expressed sympathy and pledged to offer help, Qin Gang told reporters at a earlier press conference in Beijing.