STOCKHOLM, May 6 (Xinhua) -- The Norwegian government has allocated 10 million krone (1.95 million U.S. dollars) to be used in emergency aid for cyclone-hit Myanmar, according to reports reaching here from Oslo Tuesday.

    The situation is extremely difficult for the Myanmar people hit by the recent cyclone, so the Norwegian government decided to provide emergency aid to Myanmar, Erik Solheim, Norwegian Minister of International Development said in a statement.

    "We follow the situation very closely, and have close contact with the UN, the Red Cross and our embassy in Bangkok," Solheim was quoted as saying by the Norwegian public broadcaster NRK.

    According to official figures issued Monday evening, at least 15,000 people have been killed in a violent cyclone storm Nargis that swept Myanmar last Friday and Saturday.