The European Union's commissioner for development has called on Burma's military junta to allow foreign aid workers into the country to help the victims of a devastating cyclone.
EU officials said that Louis Michel had used a meeting with junta officials in Rangoon to urge them to grant visas to European Commission aid experts and EU top aid man granted Burma visa ...
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EU lifts 2008 eurozone inflation forecast ... freedom of movement to workers from EU aid agencies. Michel has requested meetings with Burma's prime minister and foreign minister, and asked permission to visit the storm-battered Irrawaddy delta, which was hardest hit by Cyclone Nargis almost a fortnight ago. International aid agencies say that around 2.5 million victims of the storm are in urgent need of aid. The official death toll stands at about 43,000, but international agencies say the actual death toll could be well over 100,000.
(Deutsche Welle)
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