Expo invitation still open to Haiti

Haiti is expected to attend the 2010 Shanghai Expo despite having been ravaged by a 7.0-magnitude earthquake a fortnight ago.

Expo organizers have not received any cancellation notice from the Caribbean nation as it is preoccupied with recovery and rehabilitation efforts, said Hong Hao, director of the Shanghai World Expo Coordination Bureau.

"We tried to make contact with the Haitian coordinator soon after the earthquake, but no answer has come yet," said Hong, who was speaking at a press conference on the 100-day countdown to the expo.