The Chinese government yesterday announced it would donate emergency humanitarian disaster relief goods to Sri Lanka.
Chinese Embassy in Colombo said that the relief goods will be sent to Colombo by a chartered flight soon.
The disaster relief goods include tents, blankets, sheets, rain boots and life jackets worth of RMB 15 million (about 2.2 million US dollars).
Further Embassy said that Chinese President and Prime Minister sent condolence messages to Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on the tragic loss due to floods and landslides.
In addition, the Red Cross Society of China also granted US$ 100,000 of cash to the Sri Lanka Red Cross Society for the disaster relief efforts.