New Delhi: Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh on Sunday offered Pakistan humanitarian assistance to help find survivors of a massive avalanche that hit a Pakistani army camp in the Siachen glacier in which 135 soldiers and civilians are feared dead.
During his talks with President Asif Ali Zardari, Dr Singh said he had heard the news about the avalanche. He added that ‘if there was something humanitarian that was required of us, we would be happy to be of assistance’, Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai told reporters. Zardari thanked Dr Singh for his offer and said he would check and if there was any requirement, he would revert, Mathai said.
India’s offer of assistance came even as the Pakistani military on Sunday relaunched rescue efforts to find survivors in the Siachen glacier, the world’s highest battlefield. (IANS)
