On January 17, 2010, Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi who was attending the fourth Foreign Ministerial Meeting of the Forum for East Asian-Latin American Cooperation (FEALAC) in Tokyo, Japan sent a message of condolence to the families of comrades Zhu Xiaoping, Guo Baoshan, Wang Shulin, Li Xiaoming, Zhao Huayu, Li Qin, Zhong Jianqin and He Zhihong who sacrificed their lives during the Haiti earthquake when implementing the UN peacekeeping mission, expressing his deep grief and sincere sympathy.