OIC Secretary-General Hissein Brahim Taha, who visited Gaziantep, says the bloc is doing the whole lot it may well to assist Türkiye overcome the influence of the catastrophe.
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Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Hissein Brahim Taha has described the lethal earthquakes that struck southern and southeastern Türkiye on Feb. 6 because the worst, calling for cooperation to face its repercussions.
The OIC chief began a go to to Gaziantep province in southern Türkiye on Wednesday, throughout which he met with Governor Davut Gul, Mayor Fatma Sahin, and the heads of the Chambers of Commerce and Industry.
“The OIC immediately acted when we learned that an earthquake of this magnitude took place in Türkiye. We contacted all OIC members to inform them of the matter,” Taha instructed Anadolu.
“We called on all member states to provide support, and countries like Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Kuwait rushed to provide assistance,” he stated.
Taha added that the pan-Islamic organisation posted the 57 member states on the present state of affairs to mobilise assist to quake-hit Türkiye.
The OIC “is doing everything possible to help Türkiye to overcome the impact of the ‘disaster of the century,’ and to make them feel that they are not alone,” he added.
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‘We really feel the ache’
“There are special departments and units in the organisation for coordinating aid, and these units are doing their work in this regard,” Taha stated.
The OIC chief burdened that the magnitude of this earthquake requires cooperation from all OIC member states.”
He also met officials of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Gaziantep, Taha called on the OIC member states to cooperate with Türkiye to overcome the earthquake disaster.
“We really feel the ache attributable to the earthquake in Türkiye,” Taha said. “We believe that companies in the OIC member states should work with you (Türkiye).”
“Our organisation has called on all members to provide support to Türkiye,” the secretary-general stated.
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Meeting with Cavusoglu
On Thursday, Taha additionally had a gathering with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu within the capital Ankara.
In a Twitter put up, Cavusoglu stated he thanked Taha for displaying solidarity with Türkiye after the Feb. 6 twin earthquakes.
More than 43,000 individuals have been killed within the lethal earthquakes in Türkiye, in line with the nation’s catastrophe administration company AFAD.
The magnitude 7.7 and seven.6 earthquakes, centred within the Kahramanmaras province, affected greater than 13 million individuals throughout 11 provinces, together with Adana, Adiyaman, Diyarbakir, Gaziantep, Hatay, Kilis, Malatya, Osmaniye, Elazig, and Sanliurfa.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stated Türkiye will start setting up greater than 200,000 houses as early as March in areas devastated by the earthquakes and full the method inside one yr.
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