FM explains procedures to collect DNA from mudslide victims' families

China has informed foreign embassies in Beijing of the

procedures for collecting DNA samples from the families

of the China-Nepal border mudslide missing

foreigners.

Spokesman Guo Jiakun said if the remains of a foreign national

are found and identified, the Chinese side will promptly notify

the relevant country's embassy in China of the arrangements

for handling the matter.

Guo also said the Xizang Autonomous Region has set up a hotline

for the families and will provide timely assistance to them.