the avalanche site in Siachen. Diplomats on Monday said China would
most certainly send some form of financial and technical assistance to
help rescue work.
China on Monday expressed its condolences for the at least 124
Pakistani soldiers and 11 civilians still missing following Saturday's
avalanche on the Siachen glacier, but did not say whether it would be
providing either technical assistance or military support to help with
rescue operations in the sensitive region.
"We express our condolences to the Pakistani victims in the avalanche
and express oursympathies to the bereaved families," Foreign Ministry
spokesperson Liu Weimin told reporters.
Rescuers on Sunday continued to struggle through the heavy snow and
fallen boulders that had buried the headquarters of a battalion in the
Giari area, as hopes for survivors faded in the harsh 15,000 feet-high
terrain of Siachen.
Mr. Liu did not reply to a question on whether China would be sending
financial support, technicalassistance or personnel to Siachen to help
with on-going rescue operations, although diplomatic sources said
China was considering providing some form of assistance.
The People's Liberation Army (PLA) has close ties with the Pakistani
Army, and sent several thousand troops, mainly from its engineering
and construction corps, to assist in flood-relief in the disputed
Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) in 2010.
China provided $ 250 million to aid rescue and recovery operations
following the 2010 floods.This was the largest-ever grant of
humanitarian aid by China to any foreign country, and also marked the
first instance of China sending aid over land. The government and the
PLA dispatched 101 trucks to Gilgit from the Xinjiang region, which
neighbours PoK, over the Karakoram highway to the dry port atSust
through the Khunjerab pass/
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