Kosovo prime minister pays condolence visit to Turkish soldiers for earthquake victims

Kosovo prime minister pays condolence visit to Turkish soldiers for earthquake victims

Published February 11,2023


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Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti paid a condolence go to Friday to the Turkish Military Representative of the NATO peacekeeping pressure in Kosovo after lethal earthquakes struck Türkiye earlier this week.

Kurti was welcomed by Col. Recai Yılmaz, head of the Turkish Representation Delegation, on the Sultan Murat Barracks within the southern metropolis of Prizren the place Turkish troopers are stationed.

Kurti signed a condolence ebook and reiterated that Kosovo will present all obligatory help to victims in Türkiye.

“Another group of national guards will join the Kosovo Security Force team in Türkiye this evening for the search and rescue operations,” in response to an announcement from Kurti’s workplace.

The authorities despatched the Kosovo Security Force Unit with 36 troopers to Türkiye on Feb. 6 to help the worldwide humanitarian support operation and 6 further personnel from the Kosovo Search and Rescue Association joined forces.

President Vjosa Osmani declared a nationwide mourning on Feb. 8.

Various NGOs in municipalities comparable to Prizren, Pristina and Mamusha proceed to work uninterruptedly to ship support to victims by way of campaigns they’ve organized.

The numbers have soared to at the very least 20,213 folks killed and 80,052 injured by the 2 sturdy earthquakes that jolted southern Türkiye on Monday, Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca stated Friday.

The 7.7-and 7.6-magnitude earthquakes, centered within the Kahramanmaraş province, affected greater than 13 million folks throughout 10 provinces, additionally together with Adana, Adıyaman, Diyarbakır, Gaziantep, Hatay, Kilis, Malatya, Osmaniye and Şanlıurfa.

Several international locations within the area, together with Syria and Lebanon, additionally felt the tremors that struck Türkiye within the area of lower than 10 hours.

Source: www.anews.com.tr

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