Buzek calls for Europe to send emergency aid to Haiti

Published: 13 January 2010 y., Wednesday

Ježis Buzekas (Jerzy Buzek)
Jerzy Buzek, the President of the European Parliament has appealed for Europe to send emergency aid to Haiti in the wake of the devastating earthquake. The death toll is unknown thus far but is expected to be large.

President Buzek extended his sympathies to those affected: "Our thoughts and hearts are with the victims, government and the people of this region who have lost their loved ones, homes and possessions in this huge natural disaster."

 

Šaltinis: europarl.europa.eu
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