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Indonesian government has decided to receive international assistance following the earthquake and Tsunami in Palu and Donggala, Central Sulawesi. Head of Information Center and Public Relations of National Mitigation Agency, Sutopo Purwo Nugroho in a press conference in Jakarta on Tuesday (2/10) said Indonesian President Joko Widodo stated that there are six kinds of assistance to be prioritized. One of them is air transportation that is able to land and take off on the two thousand meter runway. 

“The coordination of the assistant is held by the Coordinating Ministry of Politic, Law and Security Affairs, and the execution on the field is done by the National Mitigation Agency along with Foreign Affairs Ministry. There are six kinds of aids that we really need such as air transportation that are able to land and take off on a 2000 meter runway, like Hercules C-130 that can carry many cargos, then tents, water treatment, generator, field hospital and fogging. So there are six things we need and the process will be submitted in written form by each countries or international organization,” Sutopo said.

Furthermore, Sutopo explained fogging is needed to spray location considered to have buried dead bodies. Based on information received from the field, there are several places that begin to spread stench of dead bodies and has a potency to be the source of disease. Currently, there are twenty six countries and two international organizations offering their assistance. Sutopo also said that international aid can only be received and delivered by the state. It means that international agency can directly deliver their assistance, both in the form of logistic and volunteers.(REZHA/trans: NK/AHM)