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President Purvanov offers condolences following catastrophic Haiti quake

Wed, Jan 13 2010 16:57 CET

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President Purvanov offers condolences following catastrophic Haiti quake

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Bulgarian President Georgi Purvanov has sent a message of condolence to Haiti's head of state Rene Preval after the catastrophic earthquake that hit the country, a government media statement said on January 13 2010.

The earthquake, which measured 7.0 on the Richter scale, centered about 16 km from the capital Port-au-Prince, Haiti, at 4:53pm  local time on 12 January 2010.

Port-au-Prince suffered heavy damage as scores of buildings collapsed and thousands were feared buried under the rubble. Already hundreds of residents are reported to have died across the island.

In the letter, Purvanov relayed "sincere condolences" from the entire Bulgarian nation to friends and relatives of the victims. Purvanov also extended wishes for the "speedy recovery of the citizens of Haiti".

Until now, there have been no reports of Bulgarian casualties following the earthquake, Dragovest Goranov, the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry spokesperson, was quoted as saying earlier on January 13 by Dnevnik daily.

The US, Venezuela, the UN's World Food Programme, the UK, Canada, Australia, France and a number of Latin American states have already confirmed that they are dispatching personnel, sniffer dogs, equipment and resources to Haiti.

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Anonymous Faiztalab Safi Thu, Jan 14 2010 13:13 CET
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on the behalf of the Afghanistan nation I would like to present our deep grief and condulance with the people of Haiti, and I am suggesting all the humanitarian organizations to take part in this occasion. Thanks

Anonymous K.W. Thu, Jan 14 2010 09:49 CET
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Mr. Pres-Send help not empty words.


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