Rola Nur Din, foreign affairs advisor for Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Fouad Siniora, informed Chinese Ambassador Liu Zhiming ( pictured) of the Lebanese government's decision via a telephone call.
Liu expressed thanks for Lebanon's assistance for China's quake relief efforts.
An 8.0-magnitude earthquake jolted southwest China's Sichuan province on May 12, killing at least 69,181 people, according to official figures.ยป
A river broke its banks and flooded China's municipality of Chongqing. Tens of thousands of victims of China's Sichuan earthquake were evacuated as torrential rain lashed the region, triggering flood warnings on major rivers including the Yangtze and the Pearl. Lebanon donated $75,000 for China's quake victims
Tags: China, Earthquake, Lebanon, source: Xinhua
