Georgia to Send Aid, Rescuers to Quake-Hit Haiti

Georgia is ready to sent 40 tons of humanitarian aid worth of USD 250,000 and ten rescue workers to Haiti, where tens of thousands of people are feared dead after 7.0 magnitude earthquake.

“The Georgian government took the decision last night to send aid. This is a very important decision; Georgia itself faces financial and economic difficulties; nevertheless Georgia can not remain indifferent towards people of Haiti,” Nino Kalandadze, the Georgian deputy foreign minister, told Imedi TV on January 14.

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