Azerbaijan was among the many first nations to ship rescue groups and reduction provides after the devastating quakes in Türkiye.
(AA)
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has hosted his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev for talks in Istanbul.
Erdogan and Aliyev held a closed-door assembly on Saturday on the Vahdettin Mansion, in response to Türkiye’s Communications Directorate.
No additional info was launched on the assembly, which comes as Türkiye offers with the aftermath of the Feburary 6 earthquakes which have claimed greater than 44,210 lives within the nation’s southern areas.
Azerbaijan was among the many first nations to ship rescue groups and reduction provides after the devastating quakes.
Besides sending 867 rescuers and medical personnel to the quake-hit area, Azerbaijan dispatched 15 planes, 395 vans and a practice of 25 containers carrying humanitarian help provides.
Earlier this week, Turkish authorities introduced rescue efforts led to all provinces besides Hatay and Kahramanmaras, the epicentere of the earthquakes.
Azad Haydarov, an official with the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry, stated: “As our president stresses, we will stay and continue to work here until all rescue and restoration efforts are finalised.”
The groups of Türkiye and Azerbaijan are engaged on the bottom, shoulder to shoulder to save lots of lives, he added.
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‘Sorry’ for not doing extra
While Azerbaijanis saved many lives by pulling folks out of the rubble of collapsed buildings, an official stated they’re sorry for not having the ability to do extra.
“We felt sorry” whereas pulling out our bodies, stated Murat Askerov, the workforce chief of Azerbaijani rescuers in Hatay, the southern province which was additionally hit by two contemporary quakes on Tuesday. “In the first three days after we came to Kahramanmaras, we saved 53 people by working non-stop, day and night.”
“We always stand by Türkiye, as a brotherly country and we will do all we can,” he reiterated.
In whole, Azerbaijani personnel, pulled out alive 53 folks from the rubble and recovered 780 our bodies. They have additionally established two tent cities in Kahramanmaras, becoming a member of the reduction efforts meant to not depart the bothered on the streets.
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Source: AA
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