Dutch coordinating international teams searching for Nepal survivors


  • World
  • Tuesday, 28 Apr 2015

Villagers walk past a damaged house where three were killed by the earthquake at Jharibar Village, in Gorkha, Nepal April 28, 2015. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Dutch government said on Tuesday the United Nations has asked it to coordinate international teams searching for survivors of the earthquake in Nepal for the time being.

"We have an experienced team in place, and so we have been asked to coordinate" said Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesman Pim van Strien.

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