Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis and Foreign Minister Maris Riekstins offer condolences over earthquake in Chile

Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis and Foreign Minister Maris Riekstins, on behalf of the Government of Latvia, have sent a letter of condolence to President and Prime Minister of the Republic of Chile, Ms. Verónica Michelle Bachelet Jeria, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Mariano Fernández Amunátegui, over the earthquake in the capital of Chile, Concepcion, that claimed the lives of several hundreds of people.

In a letter to his Chilean colleague, Foreign Minister Maris Riekstins offered sympathies to those who have lost their family members, relations and friends in the tragedy, and wished fast recovery to the injured.

The scale of devastation inflicted by the magnitude 8.8. earthquake is still being assessed.

 

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