Published February 12,2023
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Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu expressed his gratitude to his Greek counterpart Nikos Dendias for Greece’s assist after Monday’s twin earthquakes that killed and injured tens of hundreds.
Addressing reporters along with his Greek counterpart Nikos Dendias within the quake-hit Hatay province in southern Türkiye, Mevlut Cavusoglu hailed Greece’s assist within the wake of devastating earthquakes earlier this week.
“The fact that Nikos Dendias is here with us today shows the solidarity of the Greek people with Türkiye and the Turkish nation,” Cavusoglu stated. “Good neighborly relations is seen during such challenging times.”
He recalled the 1999 Marmara earthquake in Türkiye and stated Greece additionally skilled earthquakes then solely a month after Türkiye.
“At that time, first Greece rushed to help us, then Türkiye rushed to help Greece,” Cavusoglu stated, as he cited a news story from news journal Time then.
Cavusoglu had despatched a letter to Time as an unusual Turkish citizen relating to the story on Türkiye-Greece relations. “Solidarity at difficult ties is important but we must not wait for another earthquake to develop relations,” he had stated.
“I, then, said that as a simple Turkish citizen. Today, as Türkiye’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, I share the same opinion,” he affirmed.
Cavusoglu urged “sincere” dialogue to beat variations in opinions.
The Turkish overseas minister additionally expressed gratitude to Dendias, his authorities and all Greek individuals for the “support given during such difficult times.”
For his half, Dendias pledged continued assist by Greece to earthquake-hit Türkiye.
“We (Greece) will continue to do our best to overcome difficult times (in Türkiye), both at the bilateral and EU level,” he stated.
The Greek prime diplomat additionally echoed Cavusoglu, saying the 2 nations mustn’t wait for one more earthquake to enhance relations.
Dendias is the second overseas minister to go to Türkiye within the wake of the dual highly effective quakes.
The 7.7 and seven.6 magnitude quakes, centered in Kahramanmaras, affected greater than 13 million individuals throughout 10 provinces, together with Hatay, Gaziantep, Adana, Adiyaman, Diyarbakir, Kilis, Malatya, Osmaniye, and Sanliurfa.
Several nations within the area, together with Syria and Lebanon, felt the sturdy tremors that struck the nation within the area of lower than 10 hours.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
