More countries and international organizations have, by various means, offered their condolences and aid in the wake of the deadly earthquake in southwestern China. Valdis Zatlers, President of the Republic of Latvia, Juan Evo Morales Ayma, President of the Republic of Bolivia and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) António Guterres sent messages to Chinese President Hu Jintao to express their condolences.

Among the leaders who sent messages to Chairman Wu Bangguo of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) are Armenian National Assembly Speaker Tigran Torosian, Bulgarian Parliament Speaker Georgi Pirinski, Gianfranco Fini, President of the Chamber of Deputies of Italy, chair of Brazil-China parliamentary friendship group and President Pier Ferdinando Casini and Secretary General Anders Johnson of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU).

Among the leaders who sent messages to Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao are Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmad Nazif, Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader, Macedonian Prime Minister Ljubco Georgievski and WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy.

Solomon Ekuma Berewa, Vice President of the Republic of Sierra Leone, and Governor Park Jun-young of Jeollanam-do Province, ROK sent messages of condolence to Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping.

Foreign officials who sent messages of condolence to Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi included Croatian Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration Gordan Jandroković, Macedonian Foreign Minister Antonio Milososki, Niger's Foreign Minister Aïchatou Mindaoudou, Yemeni Foreign Minister Abu Baker Abdullah al Qirbi, Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca Céspedes of the Republic of Bolivia and Director-General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Brunson Mckinley.

Also expressing condolences to China were International Marine Organization (IMO) Secretary-General Efthimios E. Mitropoulos, Director of the ITU Telecommunication Development Bureau Sami S. Al-Basheer and the African Development Bank (ADB) Board of Governors.

The United States government has pledged to provide an additional 1 million U.S. dollars worth of relief materials, which will arrive in Chengdu by special plane on May 21.

The German government has pledged to increase its aid to China to 1.5 million euros. The German government earlier provided 500,000 euros of aid.

The Danish government has pledged to provide a further 500,000 U.S. dollars worth of cash assistance to China.

The Norwegian government provided 110,000 euros worth of relief materials to China. DNV China offered 1 million RMB yuan worth of cash assistance to China.

The government of Iceland offered 7.8 million Iceland kronas (about 100, 000 U.S. dollars) worth of relief funding.

The Irish government has decided to offer over 110, 000 euros worth of relief materials to China.

The Pakistani government has pledged to provide 10, 000 tents to China.

The second batch of relief materials valued at about 18, 000 U.S. dollars offered by the Singaporean government has reached Chengdu.

The Japanese government's Abandoned Chemical Weapons Office donated 10, 500 RMB yuan to the quake-hit areas.

The UN Refugee Agency provided 60, 000 U.S. dollars worth of cash assistance to China.

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) offered 50, 000 U.S. dollars worth of cash assistance to China.