Ankara has provided to the worldwide neighborhood that it could possibly open two border crossings within the southern Kilis province for the supply of humanitarian assist to Syria, Türkiye’s Foreign Minister Cavusoglu says.
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Türkiye has provided to open two border crossings with Syria for the worldwide neighborhood to ship humanitarian assist to the quake-hit northern areas.
“We told the international community and the UN that they could send humanitarian aid through the two gates under our control. We said that we can open these gates to humanitarian aid,” Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu mentioned throughout a joint news convention together with his Libyan counterpart Najla Al Mangoush within the capital Ankara on Monday.
The high diplomat was referring to the 2 border gates within the southern Kilis province.
He, nonetheless, added: “It is out of question for Türkiye to open border crossings in places (in Syria) controlled by the PKK and YPG.”
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No inflow of refugees
Cavusoglu denied the allegations that there was an inflow of refugees from Syria to Türkiye after final week’s highly effective twin earthquakes.
“Türkiye may open its airspace if Belgium or other European countries want to take Syrian refugees to their own countries,” he added.
At least 31,643 folks had been killed by the back-to-back earthquakes that jolted southeastern Türkiye on Feb. 6, in line with the most recent official figures.
The magnitude 7.7 and seven.6 earthquakes, centred within the Kahramanmaras province, affected greater than 13 million folks throughout 10 provinces, together with Hatay, Gaziantep, Adiyaman, Malatya, Adana, Diyarbakir, Kilis, Osmaniye and Sanliurfa.
In neighbouring Syria, the loss of life toll has climbed above 3,500, with greater than 5,200 folks wounded.
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