Georgia offers financial aid to Nepal
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Georgia is offering financial aid to Nepal to help the country recover after a devastating earthquake that claimed lives of more than 8,800 people and injured more than 23,000.
A Government decree, which was signed by the Prime Minister of Georgia, stated Georgia would offer $50,000 USD (112,761 GEL) financial support to Nepal to help the country rebuild after the April disaster.
"With the aim of alleviating the damage caused by the natural disaster that occurred in April 2015 in Nepal, Georgia’s Finance Ministry will allocate $50,000 US dollars equivalent GEL financial assistance to Georgia’s Foreign Ministry from the Reserve Fund to financially assist Nepal,” the decree stated.
A magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Nepal on April 25 and devastated much of the country’s capital Kathmandu, and triggered a deadly avalanche on nearby Mount Everest shortly after. Aftershocks were felt for several weeks after the earthquake struck, including a massive aftershock of 7.3 magnitude on May 12.
Official sources noted no Georgian citizens were among the victims of the catastrophe.
Georgian citizens stuck in Nepal following the deadly earthquake which has killed more than 5,000 people, have been offered a way out of the devastated nation.
No Georgian citizens are reported to be among the victims of the Nepal earthquake, although there were several Georgian tourist groups in Nepal when the powerful earthquake hit the country.
Georgian Ambassador to India Levan Nijaradze will travel to Nepal today to experience the situation firsthand and determine how many Georgian citizens remain in the disaster zone.
Georgia is saddened by today's massive earthquake that claimed more than 600 lives, leaving many more missing, in Kathmandu, Nepal.
The governments of Nepal and Georgia have agreed to abolish visa travel for diplomatic and service passport holders, the Georgian Public Broadcaster reports.