(April 13, 2011, Addis Ababa, ENA) - Japanese Ambassador to Ethiopia and Permanent Representative of Japan to the African Union, Hiroyuki Kishino expressed his gratitude to the Ethiopian Government and the African Union (AU) for their hearth-felt condolences and sympathy expressed following catastrophic devastation of earthquake in Japan.
According to the press statement the Japan Embassy sent to ENA on Wednesday the ambassador said it is already one month since an earthquake of unprecedented scale and tsunami hit the north eastern part of Japan off the Pacific Ocean on 11 March 2011, causing catastrophic devastation.
“While this unprecedented crisis still continues, I deeply appreciated the hearth-felt condolences and sympathy expressed by so many people, as well as the hearth-warming encouragement and support extended by the Ethiopian Government and the African Union”, the Ambassador said.
The entire nation, backed by international support, is now putting all efforts into relief and rehabilitation work, which is already underway in tsunami-hit areas, he said and adding, every effort is being made to restore control over the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plan.
Some 13,000 precious lives were lost, 14,000 people are still missing and about 150,000 people are obliged to spend difficult days and nights, living in evacuation shelters.
Many of them have lost their homes. Several coastal cities were completely demolished.
The ambassador said the people and government of Japan are working hard to overcome this tragedy in collaboration with friend countries.
Source: Ethiopian News Agency
According to the press statement the Japan Embassy sent to ENA on Wednesday the ambassador said it is already one month since an earthquake of unprecedented scale and tsunami hit the north eastern part of Japan off the Pacific Ocean on 11 March 2011, causing catastrophic devastation.
“While this unprecedented crisis still continues, I deeply appreciated the hearth-felt condolences and sympathy expressed by so many people, as well as the hearth-warming encouragement and support extended by the Ethiopian Government and the African Union”, the Ambassador said.
The entire nation, backed by international support, is now putting all efforts into relief and rehabilitation work, which is already underway in tsunami-hit areas, he said and adding, every effort is being made to restore control over the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plan.
Some 13,000 precious lives were lost, 14,000 people are still missing and about 150,000 people are obliged to spend difficult days and nights, living in evacuation shelters.
Many of them have lost their homes. Several coastal cities were completely demolished.
The ambassador said the people and government of Japan are working hard to overcome this tragedy in collaboration with friend countries.
Source: Ethiopian News Agency
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