By Xinhua,
Yangon : Two United States military aircrafts with aid supplies on board landed at the Yangon International Airport Wednesday morning, starting the third-day delivery for victims in cyclone-hit regions of Myanmar, according to official sources..
The US Marine C-130 cargo planes brought in items including purified drinking water.
Three more rounds of fights will follow suit later on Wednesday to bring Yangon the aid supplies.
The US planeload of humanitarian aid supplies was allowed in for the first time on Monday for delivery to homeless cyclone survivors, three days after the U.S. Embassy made an offer to Myanmar Deputy Foreign Minister U Kyaw Htu last Friday for the move.
The US airplanes had brought in relief supplies including mosquito net, purified drinking water and blanket.
Myanmar outlined a cyclone-relief policy of welcoming aid supplies from any country but denying entry for foreign aid expert workers to help launch rescue and relief operations, saying that it prefers to use its own strength.
So far, Myanmar has rejected access for foreigners to disaster-hit areas and relief activities including foreign, public and individual donations has be uniformly handled by the government’s central relief and resettlement headquarters.
According to an official updated death toll till Monday, a total of 34,273 people have lost their lives in the cyclone storm with altogether 27,836 people remained missing and 1,403 injured.