(CNN)The Red Cross Society of China said it will send $200,000 in emergency humanitarian cash assistance to the Moroccan Red Crescent
The aid is to support rescue and relief work being carried out after the magnitude 6.8 quake that struck Morocco Friday, the Chinese Red Cross said in a Monday statement.
Leaders from other countries including Turkey, France, and the UAE have pledged to send donations, to bolster emergency operations in the wake of the disaster.
