Published February 13,2023
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Türkiye has provided to open two border crossings with Syria for the worldwide group to ship humanitarian support to the quake-hit northern areas, the Turkish international minister stated on Monday.
“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,” Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu stated throughout a joint news convention together with his Libyan counterpart Najla al-Mangoush within the capital Ankara.
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.”
Çavuşoğlu denied the allegations that there was an inflow of refugees from Syria to Türkiye after final Monday’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 individuals had been killed by the back-to-back earthquakes that jolted southern Türkiye on Feb. 6, in keeping with the newest official figures.
The magnitude 7.7 and seven.6 earthquakes, centered within the Kahramanmaraş province, affected greater than 13 million individuals throughout 10 provinces, together with Hatay, Gaziantep, Adıyaman, Malatya, Adana, Diyarbakır, Kilis, Osmaniye and Şanlıurfa.
In neighboring Syria, the dying toll has climbed above 3,500, with greater than 5,200 individuals wounded.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
