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Burma to accept foreign medical workers
Cyclone -stricken Burma will accept foreign medical workers to help with the relief effort, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) said Monday.
"Myanmar (Burma) will accept international assistance," Singapore's Foreign Minister George Yeo told a news conference.
Burma also agreed at today's emergency Asean meeting in Singapore to let its Southeast Asian neighbours coordinate foreign assistance for cyclone victims, Yeo said.
Burma's government had estimated losses from the disaster at more than $US10 billion ($A10.5 billion), Yeo said after meeting with Asean counterparts, including Burma's Nyan Win.
Yeo said Burma planned to hold a donors' meeting in Rangoon on May 25 to discuss its needs.
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