Türkiye’s international minister thanked the Turkish neighborhood in Bulgaria on Wednesday for exhibiting solidarity after the Feb. 6 earthquakes.
Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu visited Shumen within the Deli Orman area the place the biggest Turkish inhabitants lives within the Balkans. It can be the place Turkish investments in Bulgaria are most concentrated.
Çavuşoğlu held an iftar, or fast-breaking, dinner with the Turkish neighborhood on the Şerif Halil Paşa Mosque which was restored by the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA).
“You have mobilized everything you had. Those who have nothing to give sent their prayers to Türkiye. Thanks to the aid, you collected more than 800 tents and 145 containers were sent to the earthquake zone,” stated Çavuşoğlu. “It was an unforgettable, exemplary solidarity.”
Çavuşoğlu stated having solidarity from Bulgaria was essential.
He stated Bulgaria was the primary EU nation to ship search and rescue groups after the earthquakes and the primary within the bloc to fly flags at half-staff.
Turning to Türkiye’s efforts to mitigate international and regional crises, Çavuşoğlu stated Ankara would strengthen its entrepreneurial and humanitarian international coverage.
“We will make more efforts for peace. The country that made the most effort to end the war in Ukraine is Türkiye,” he stated.
Türkiye is in fixed contact to make sure no accident occurs once more on the Zaporizahzhia nuclear energy plant, he stated. The plan in Ukraine was captured by Russia in 2022 and has been broken by shelling. “We will also have a meeting with (International Atomic Energy Agency) Director General Rafael Grossi in Vienna on Friday.”
On relations with Sofia, Çavuşoğlu stated the commerce quantity was $7.4 billion in 2022. It was $1 billion within the first two months of 2023.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
