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By P. S. Suryanarayana
SINGAPORE, MARCH 29. The Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, today sent a message of "sympathy" to the President of Indonesia, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, over the death and destruction caused by the latest earthquake. Mr. Singh also extended "support" to Indonesia to face the aftermath of the new natural calamity. Relief aid of the order of $ 2 million was announced by India. Indian nationals in Medan and other places across Sumatra, which lies close to the epicentre of the quake, were reported safe. There was also no damage to the Indian consulate in Medan, H. K. Singh, India's Ambassador to Indonesia, told The Hindu over telephone from Jakarta. India's new offer of relief aid to Indonesia is a sequel to the role that New Delhi played in helping Jakarta in the wake of the tsunami disaster that struck Aceh and some other pockets in Sumatra last December. On that occasion, two Indian Navy ships — a supply ship and a "floating hospital" — were deployed off the Aceh coastline, under "Operation Gambhir", to provide emergency medical care to survivors. Indonesia is expected to take a decision shortly on whether to hold, amid efforts to overcome the latest tragedy, an Afro-Asian summit in Jakarta on April 22 to 23 and, a day later, a commemorative celebration of the Bandung conference that led to the launching of the non-aligned movement.
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