Turkey grants $1 mln aid to Haiti

Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that Osman Ulukan, coordinator for relations with Latin American countries, left for quake-devastated Haiti.

The Ministry said in a statement on Wednesday, "Ulukan will hand over Turkey's financial aid of 1 million USD to President Rene Preval of Haiti. He offered Turkish people's condolences to those who lost their beloved ones in the quake disaster."

"Ambassador Ulukan also visited Turkish police officers assigned in the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), Turkish health personnel working at a field hospital and quake survivors in a camp," the statement added.

Thousands of people were killed and thousands of others were left homeless and destitute when a magnitude-7 quake devastated Haiti on January 14. It was the most powerful quake recorded in the last two centuries.

/World Bulletin/