Haitian President Rene Preval has expressed gratitude to the Islamic Republic of Iran for its humanitarian aid to the earthquake-hit people of the country. According to IRNA, the Haitian chief executive made the remark in a Saturday meeting to receive the credentials of the new Iranian ambassador to Port-au-Prince.
Preval thanked the Iranian government and nation for their medical and food aid over the devastating January 2010 quake, which killed 316,000 people and left the Haitian capital in ruins.
The calamity in the country also made more than two million people homeless.
Iran dispatched about 30 tons of humanitarian aid, including food, tents, and medicine to Haiti a few days after the 7.3 Richter scale earthquake.
Thirty tons of fertilizer personally donated by Dinnerjacket and the mad mullahs themselves? I'll bet most of the time it took that "aid" to be delivered was related to logistics.
The Islamic Republic also sent a group of 30 doctors and rescuers to the tremor-stricken country.
Preval further called for strengthening ties between Iran and Haiti, particularly trade and transfer of technology.
Transfer of technology? Haiti? Perhaps you hope to learn construction techniques from the Haitians?