Foreign nationals warned to avoid Thailand
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Japan and other countries provide assistance to flood-hit victims
With 21 countries issuing travel warnings to their nationals about visiting Thailand due to the flood situation, Minister of Foreign Affairs Surapong Towijak-chaikul has instructed the Thai embassies in these 21 countries to ensure the public are accurately informed about the situation, ministry spokesman Thani Thongpakdi said on Tuesday.
The 21 countries included the United States, Mexico, Spain and Japan, with the latter warning Japanese people to avoid visiting Thailand and especially Ayutthaya, an informed source said.
Seiji Kojima, Ambassador of Japan to Thailand, was scheduled to meet PM Yingluck Shinawatra this afternoon (October 11) at the National Flood Relief Centre. Japan has announced it will be sending disaster relief items worth Bt12 million to Thailand through the Japan International Co-operation Agency (JICA).
Surapong also reported that three countries have offered assistance through the Thai Red Cross Society: China is donating US$1 million and relief items worth Bt50 million; New Zealand is donating 100,000 New Zealand dollars and the United States is donating $100,000.
Expatriate Thais have been invited to donate money and flood relief items at Thai embassies in their respective countries. The amount of money donated by overseas Thais through embassies and consulates so far has reportedly reached more than Bt4 million.
