After a background report , India's ambassador to the United States discusses his country's devastating earthquake.
Background reports on the earthquake in Turkey .
And with me now is Naresh Chandra, India's ambassador to the United States. Before assuming his post here in 1996, Ambassador Chandra was governor of the state of Gujarat, where the earthquake hit. Welcome, Mr. Ambassador. First of all, our condolences and sympathies for what's happened in your country. So an accurate count can only be made then.