The Kuwaiti cabinet on Tuesday decided to offer an additional US$1 million aid for southeast Asian countries in the wake of quake and tsunami, the official KUNA news agency reported.
Kuwaiti Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet and Parliament Affairs Mohammad Deifallah Sharar announced that the sum is to be utilized by the Kuwait Red Crescent Society to dispatch relief as soon as possible to alleviate the sufferings of thousands of victims in the region.
On Sunday, the Kuwaiti cabinet approved a donation of US$1 million to the tsunami-hit countries.
According to preliminary statistics from the affected region, the confirmed death toll reached 48,000, with thousands still missing and many injured.