ARMENIA TO SEND RESCUERS TO HAITI

news.am
Jan 14 2010
Armenia

RA Ministry of Emergency Situations will send 50-member rescue squad
to Haiti to render assistance in prevention of disastrous earthquake
consequences, the Head of Ministry’s press service Nikolay Grigoryan
told NEWS.am.

According to Grigoryan, the rescuers will head to Moscow and thereafter
to Haiti.

January 12, a 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit Haiti followed by 5.9
and 5.5 aftershocks. According to foreign press, Prime Minister
Jean-Max Bellerive told CNN that the quake death toll might reach
100 000 people. Nearly all houses, schools and hospitals, as well as
parliament building were collapsed in the capital Port-au-Princ. The
day before UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon informed about death of
16 UN officials, whereas 150 others are missing.