Friday May 9, 02:18 PM
UN halts Myanmar aid over 'unacceptable' restrictions
YANGON (Thomson Financial) - The UN's World Food Programme said Friday it was suspending aid flights into cyclone-hit Myanmar because of 'unacceptable' restrictions imposed by the country's military rulers.
'Yes, WFP is suspending the flights,' its Myanmar country director Chris Kaye told Agence France-Presse. 'The restrictions on us are unacceptable.'
'Two flights landed this morning with food, which has not been taken out yet,' he said, without specifying why the supplies had not been unloaded.
The BBC had reported earlier that the country's government had impounded the aid on its arrival in the country.
'We have made a request to the Social Welfare Ministry,' Kaye said. 'We have to find a way to resolve the problem as soon as possible.'
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