Japan thumbs down Noynoy’s $14-million aid offer
By Aytch S. de la Cruz and Michaela P. del Callar 03/18/2011The Japanese government has “politely declined” the Philippines’ offer of assistance to Japan’s disaster-stricken communities in Japan even as President Aquino personally reiterated his pledged aid when he met with Ambassador Makoto Katsura yesterday morning.
Aquino had bragged about helping out the triple-whammied Japan with an offer of $14 million, saying that the Philippines was one of the first countries to offer help to catastrophe-struck Japan, but this offer was reportedly thumbed down by the Japanese government.
Katsura reportedly opted not to act on the types of assistance the Philippines has said it is willing to extend Japan.
Malacañang officials and Aquino himself do not take Japan’s thumbing down of the Philippine offer as a rebuff or rejection of the offer.
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Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20110318hed1.html
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