The US government Monday announced $525 million in new aid to address the dire humanitarian situation faced by displaced communities in Myanmar's Rakhine and Kachin states, as well as its southeastern region, according to a U.S. embassy press release in Yangon.
The southeastern region covers southern Shan, Karen, Kayah and Mon states.
The announcement came after respective visits to these areas by a joint diplomatic mission from the US, Switzerland and Britain during October and November this year to study the political and humanitarian situation there.
"This assistance responds to ongoing humanitarian emergencies in Rakhine and Kachin and long-standing displacement in the southeast region," Xinhua quoted the release as stating.
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