"I also called members of the Japanese Parliament, the Diet, who I know as member of the delegation and every single one of them had family or friends in the stricken area" he added, bringing home the human dimension of a disaster that "is huge and can become even bigger".
"Es arī sazinājos ar Japānas Parlamenta deputātiem, kurus es pazīstu kā delegācijas vadītājs, un ikvienam no viņiem bija kāds draugs vai ģimene katastrofas skartajā reģionā, " viņš teica, runājot par katastrofu cilvēciska dimensijā.