Port-Au-Prince: US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has met with Haitian President Rene Preval and promised that US quake relief efforts would be closely coordinated with local officials.
Clinton's remarks appeared designed to counter any notion of a too-intrusive American involvement in the aftermath of the quake, while also assuring Haitians the humanitarian mission would continue as long as it's needed.
Clinton also met with UN officials and US civilians and military personnel working on the relief effort. She said she and Preval discussed his government's priorities: restoring communications, electricity and transportation.
She added that she and Preval would issue a communique on Sunday outlining cooperation between the two countries.
Countries report missing and dead in Haiti
A glance at countries reporting dead and missing in Haiti:
- Antigua and Barbuda: 2 missing.
- Austria: 1 dead.
- Brazil: 15 dead and five missing.
- Britain: No figure disclosed.
- Canada: 7 dead, 1,362 missing.
- Chile: 4 missing.
- Costa Rica: 2 missing.
- Denmark: 1 U.N. worker missing.
- Dominican Republic: 6 dead.
- El Salvador: 1 missing
- France: 12 dead, government fears 20-30 may have died.
- Germany: 1 dead, about 30 missing.
- Italy: 1 dead, 3 feared dead; 13 unaccounted for.
- Mexico: 1 dead, 40 of the 80 Mexicans living in Haiti located.
- Netherlands: 3 injured, including child; 18 missing.
- Peru: 1 dead.
- Poland: 4 missing.
- Spain: 2 dead, 24 unaccounted for.
- United States: 15 dead, 3 U.S. government employees known missing. Some 45,000 Americans are in the country.
- Uruguay: 3 missing.
- United Nations: 37 UN personnel confirmed dead, nearly 330 missing. Some personnel may also be included in national counts.
