Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu held telephone calls with Pakistani officers to specific Ankara’s solidarity with Islamabad after Tuesday’s earthquake, Turkish diplomatic sources stated on Thursday.
In a telephone name, Çavuşoğlu conveyed his condolences to Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari over the 6.8 magnitude earthquake that jolted most of Pakistan, in addition to neighboring India and Afghanistan, claiming the lives of 14 folks.
In return, Sharif and Zardari thanked Çavuşoğlu for the solidarity, in keeping with sources.
“Our thoughts and prayers are with those affected. My profound condolences to the families of those who lost their lives in Pakistan and Afghanistan,” Çavuşoğlu tweeted on Wednesday.
Source: www.anews.com.tr