Serzh Sargsyan extended condolences to his Haitian counterpartJanuary 15, 2010 - 15:50 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - President Serzh Sargsyan has extended condolences to his Haitian counterpart Rene Garcia Preval in connection with the recent earthquake, Armenian leader's press service reported."Armenia is ready to assist the survivors of Haiti earthquake which caused great losses, leaving lots of people dead," RA President says in his address. The 2010 Haiti earthquake was a catastrophic magnitude 7.0 Mw earthquake centred approximately 25 kilometres (16 mi) from Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti, which struck at 16:53:09 local time (21:53:09 UTC) on Tuesday, 12 January 2010. The earthquake centred approximately 25 kilometres (16 mi) from Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti. The disaster occurred at a depth of 13 kilometres (8.1 mi). The first shake was followed by a series of aftershocks, fourteen of them between magnitudes 5.0 and 5.9. The exact number of victims is not specified. Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |