Published February 15,2023
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Sweden shares Türkiye’s ache over devastating twin quakes which hit the nation’s 10 southern provinces final week, stated the international minister on Wednesday.
Speaking to Anadolu after a parliamentary session on international coverage, Tobias Billstrom harassed that they stand in full solidarity with the folks of Türkiye and Syria, components of which have been additionally hit by the quakes.
Sweden has supplied Türkiye with search and rescue groups and 37 million krona (over $3.5 million) in monetary assist, he stated.
Adding that Sweden is dedicated to the trilateral memorandum which was signed between Ankara, Stockholm, and Helsinki final June, Billstrom added nevertheless that the nation’s NATO bid is a subject for an additional day.
We now concentrate on the catastrophe Türkiye is dealing with, he stated.
At least 35,400 folks have been killed by two sturdy earthquakes that jolted southern Türkiye on Feb. 6, in response to the most recent figures.
The magnitude 7.7 and seven.6 tremors final week have been centered in Kahramanmaras and struck 9 different provinces-Hatay, Gaziantep, Adiyaman, Malatya, Adana, Diyarbakir, Kilis, Osmaniye, and Sanliurfa. More than 13 million folks have been affected by the devastating quakes.
In Syria, no less than 3,688 folks have been killed and over 14,749 injured within the earthquake catastrophe.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
