Türkiye noticed “strong international solidarity” following final month’s lethal earthquakes that shook the nation’s southern provinces, the Turkish overseas minister mentioned on Thursday.
“We have a phrase ‘united we stand, united we are stronger’ and we believe in this. I do know that many European countries also use this phrase. Now, we are seeing strong international solidarity at a time of disaster we are going through. This support not only gives us morale but also gives us strength,” Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu mentioned in his remarks made to the EU ambassadors to Türkiye and different European diplomats in Ankara.
He mentioned the first agenda of the assembly with the diplomats is the Feb. 6 earthquake, including that there are residents of different international locations who additionally misplaced their lives within the Feb. 6 huge earthquakes.
“We have experienced a disaster that led to the major loss of life and destruction in our republic’s history. It is the extraordinary natural disaster to occur in a European country in a century,” he mentioned.
Calling for joint motion on points threatening humanity, Çavuşoğlu mentioned that Türkiye has been “the most charitable country in the world according to its national income” because it “stood by anyone in need of help.”
Recalling his participation within the latest G-20 overseas ministers’ assembly within the Indian capital New Delhi and the fifth UN Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDC5) in Qatar’s capital Doha, Çavuşoğlu mentioned: “We have seen that all countries are on our side, from the most developed to the least developed countries.”
“The European Union, with its member countries, candidate countries and institutions, has a great share in this support,” he added.
The Turkish minister additionally thanked all international locations that despatched their officers on solidarity visits to Türkiye and its quake-hit areas.
Noting that the EU’s emergency help and search and rescue groups had been dispatched to Türkiye instantly, Çavuşoğlu mentioned that his nation will “continue cooperation with EU in recovery and rebuilding processes in the upcoming period.”
“Türkiye, of course, is an important country in our common home-Europe. Türkiye is either a neighbor, a commercial partner or an ally of many countries who are here today,” Çavuşoğlu mentioned as he added that the “earthquake once again reminded us not only of our neighborliness, friendship, and alliance but also of our human ties.”
He expressed hopes for this spirit of solidarity, alliance and friendship to “be reflected in all dimensions of Türkiye-EU relations in the coming period,” and mentioned: “Regional and international developments show how important our cooperation is at the global level.”
On Feb. 6, two highly effective earthquakes-magnitude 7.7 and seven.6-struck southern Türkiye.
The huge tremors, centered in Kahramanmaraş province, additionally shook 10 different provinces-Hatay, Gaziantep, Adıyaman, Malatya, Adana, Diyarbakır, Kilis, Osmaniye, Şanlıurfa, and Elazığ.
More than 46,100 folks had been killed within the earthquakes and a few 13.5 million folks have been affected, with hundreds of buildings destroyed.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
