Romanian PM Calls For Humanitarian Aid For Quake-Hit Japan - Sources

Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc called on Interior Minister Traian Igas and Foreign Minister Teodor Baconschi to put forward a normative act granting humanitarian aid to quake- and tsunami-shattered Japan, people close to the matter told MEDIAFAX Thursday.

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The document will be approved in a Government meeting, said the source.

The death toll from the disastrous earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan Friday tops five thousand people and 8,606 others have been reported missing, said AFP citing official data released by Japanese authorities Thursday.

Over two thousand people have been injured and 88,000 homes and buildings have been destroyed or damaged, said the source.

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