Japan PM expresses gratiude to Manmohan

New Delhi, Mar 23 (PTI) Japanese Prime Minister Naoto
Kan has written to Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh
expressing his gratitude for the assistance provided by India
and said he "strongly felt" the solidarity expressed by the
Indian leader.
"I wish to express my heartfelt gratitude for your
kind words of condolences on the Tohoku district....as well as
your offer to provide 25,000 blankets in view of the cold
weather in Tohoku region," Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan
wrote to Singh.
Kan said "I strongly felt your sense of solidarity in
your speech at both houses of Parliament in which you stated
that India would spare no effort in assisting Japan while
announcing the offer of blankets. I am certain that
whole-hearted sympathy from India will be conveyed properly to
those suffering from the present difficulties."
The government of Japan will make its utmost efforts,
together with the people of the affected areas and the people
of the entire nation to overcome this difficult time, he said.
Japan's northeast region was rocked by the March 11
magnitude-9 quake and tsunami that left over 24,000 people
dead or unaccounted for.