Chinese government donated US$300,000 humanitarian aid to Kenyan Red Cross Society on Monday.

"A friend in need is a friend indeed," Chinese Ambassador to Kenya Zhang Ming said in the handover ceremony, adding the Chinese government and its people had enjoyed a "deep friendship" with the Kenyan.

"During the current difficult time, the Chinese government and its people are highly concerned about the humanitarian situation in Kenya, and that's why we made donations one after another," said the ambassador.

"Even though they are not that much, it conveys the goodwill from the Chinese government and its people," Zhang said, hoping the donations could help the displaced Kenyans to "sail through this tough time."

This is the third donation from the Chinese side in a short period of time. The first is US$30,000 cash donation by the Chinese community in Kenya while the second US$50,000 from the Red Cross Society of China.

Abbas Gullet, secretary general of the Kenyan Red Cross Society, thanked the Chinese government for its sincere help and appealed all the Kenyans to give up hatred and violence to make the country return to normal and peace.

(Xinhua News Agency January 29, 2008)