ARMENIA READY TO JOIN RESCUE EFFORTS IN HAITI

ARKA
Jan 15, 2010

YEREVAN, JANUARY 15, /ARKA/. President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan
sent a telegram of condolence to the President of Haiti, Rene Garcia
Preval, on the occasion of the devastating earthquake in that country
that resulted in huge destructions and numerous human losses, the
presidential press office reported. It quoted President Sargsyan as
saying that "Armenia is ready to send assistance to Haiti.

Earlier Nikolay Grigorian, an aide to the chief of Armenian Rescue
Service, said to Novosti Armenia news agency that a 52-member team
of Armenian rescuers was ready to fly to Haiti to join rescue efforts.

Two huge 7 and 5 magnitude earthquakes hit Haiti earlier this week
razing to ground its capital city Porto au-Prince. According to some
estimates, they may have killed half a million people.