Published February 16,2023
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Emphasizing that assist from Jordan arrived instantly after the earthquakes, the Turkish international minister thanked Jordan and its individuals Wednesday for his or her solidarity and robust assist.
In a joint press convention with Jordan’s Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi in Ankara, Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu stated the assist from Jordan got here instantly after final week’s twin earthquakes which claimed the lives of over 35,400 individuals.
“They’ve sent search and rescue team of 75 people to our country and have contributed a lot. Thank you very much for this. They also sent a medical team of 30 people with this search and rescue team,” stated the Turkish minister.
Çavuşoğlu additionally stated Türkiye’s Ambassador Devrim Ozturk, the consultant of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Hatay, together with two Jordanian residents are nonetheless underneath the particles.
Meanwhile, Jordan has set-up a subject hospital in southern Kahramanmaras with 108 personnel, in response to Çavuşoğlu as he introduced Safadi’s go to to Kahramanmaras on Thursday.
Noting that Jordan despatched greater than 10 tons of humanitarian assist to Türkiye, Çavuşoğlu additional famous that the UN High Commissioner for Refugees has allotted Jordanian cargo planes for the cargo of the tents.
For his half, Jordan’s Safadi harassed that his nation will all the time stand in solidarity with Türkiye.
“We always need each other in difficult times and we must uplift each other. We know the consequences of a great disaster very well. Therefore, we will be together with you and put all our resources at your disposal,” he pledged.
Saying that Jordan is able to present no matter it could actually, he stated the ties of the 2 international locations are historic.
The magnitude 7.7 and seven.6 tremors on Feb. 6 have been centered in Kahramanmaras and struck 10 different provinces-Hatay, Gaziantep, Adiyaman, Malatya, Adana, Diyarbakir, Kilis, Osmaniye, Sanliurfa and Elazig. More than 13 million individuals have been affected by the devastating quakes.
Several international locations within the area, together with Syria and Lebanon, additionally felt the robust tremors that struck Türkiye within the house of lower than 10 hours.
Separately, Turkish Foreign Minister Çavuşoğlu held telephone dialog together with his Bangladeshi counterpart A. Ok. Abdul Momen and mentioned the state of affairs and assist in quake-hit provinces.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
