Buildings destroyed following the 7.2 magnitude earthquake in Les Cayes. Photo: Ralph Tedy Erol/AP.
Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili has shared her 'sincere condolences' with families who lost their loved ones in a 7.2 magnitude earthquake that struck Haiti on Saturday morning.
Zurabishvili posted on her Twitter account:
Devastating news out of #Haiti with hundreds of victims from a major earthquake. I send my most sincere condolences to the families who lost their loved ones
— Salome Zourabichvili (@Zourabichvili_S) August 15, 2021
These are difficult days for the Haitian people. I stand in solidarity with them and wish them resilience and strength ????????
More than 300 people were killed and 1,800 people were injured as a result of the earthquake in Haiti, says the country's civil protection service.