Egypt has delivered support provides totaling 650 tons to Türkiye’s southeastern area devastated by twin earthquakes on Feb. 6, native media reported Wednesday.
Under directives from President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, army vessel ENS Halayeb first made a cease on the Port of al-Arish, north of the Sinai Peninsula, and took on containers filled with support supplies provided from Cairo, together with 285 tents, 99,300 blankets, a whole bunch of mattresses and electrical heaters, in addition to medication, meals and hygiene and medical supplies.
The ship, measuring 105 meters in size and 40 meters in peak, made land at Türkiye’s southern Port of Mersin after a two-day journey early on Wednesday.
Egypt’s Ankara Mission Chief and Charge D’affaires Soliman al-Hamamy, together with Coast Guard Command officers and Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) representatives, greeted the ship upon docking.
AFAD is to take supply of the provides and distribute them on the catastrophe zone, Turkish officers knowledgeable.
In the wake of the earthquakes, el-Sissi prolonged his condolences to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan over the cellphone, al-Hamamy instructed Anadolu Agency (AA) after welcoming the vessel.
“Egypt stands with Türkiye in this painful time and will continue to do so,” he careworn. “We deployed medical supplies to the brotherly Turkish people immediately after the earthquakes. Now, we’re sending another batch of humanitarian aid to those impacted by this horrible tragedy.”
“A significant quantity of the aid we’re providing is that it’s being delivered on a military ship. This is the first Egyptian military ship that arrived in Türkiye after a decade. This ship carries the love Egyptian people have for the Turkish people,” al-Hamamy stated.
Should the necessity come up for extra support, Egypt will do its greatest for Türkiye to beat the calamity, al-Hamamy famous.
After magnitude 7.7 and seven.6 earthquakes leveled Türkiye’s 11 provinces and left greater than 42,000 lifeless since Feb. 6, Egypt was swift to dispatch humanitarian help whereas el-Sissi turned one of many first leaders to convey condolences to President Erdoğan over the disaster. However, the 2 international locations’ relations are nonetheless not totally normalized over previous disputes.
Source: www.dailysabah.com
