India on Tuesday offered another 20 million dollars in flood aid to Pakistan, the country's foreign minister said, boosting efforts to build goodwill between the estranged neighbours. S.M. Krishna told parliament a fresh instalment of 20 million dollars will boost India's total aid contributions for Pakistan to 25 million dollars.
"As a more concrete assessment of the damage inflicted by this natural disaster and the urgent needs of the people of Pakistan emerges, government has decided to increase its assistance to Pakistan from five million dollars," he said.
Earlier this month, Islamabad described the initial offer as a "very welcome initiative" by India as the two countries look to get a stalled peace process back on track.
Krishna said 20 million dollars would be sent to the UN-sponsored "Pakistan Initial Floods Emergency Response Plan" while the balance of five million dollars would go to the World Food Programme for its relief efforts.
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