Latest Turkey and Syria earthquake news
Putin also transfers to Al Assad the availability of Moscow to support in the face of the “tragic consequences” of the earthquake
6 Feb. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The governments of Russia, Ukraine and Israel have offered assistance to Turkey on Monday after the death of more than 280 people due to an earthquake measuring 7.4 on the Richter scale near the border with Syria, where more have died. of 300 people, although only Moscow has ruled on possible support for Damascus after the earthquake.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has conveyed his “deep condolences” to his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, for the “great loss of life and massive destruction caused by the powerful earthquake,” according to a statement published by the Kremlin via their website.
Thus, he has stressed that Russia “is prepared to give all necessary help” to the Turkish authorities, a message that he has also conveyed to the President of Syria, Bashar al Assad, to whom he has also communicated his “sincere condolences” for the “tragic consequences “of the earthquake.
For his part, the President of Ukraine, Volodimir Zelensky, has sent Erdogan his “sincere condolences” for the earthquake in the south of the country. “I wish all the victims a quick recovery. In these difficult times, we will be close to the Turkish people. We are prepared to give the necessary help to overcome the consequences of this disaster,” he said in his account on the social network Twitter.
The Israeli Foreign Minister, Eli Cohen, has expressed his “deep regret” for the “serious earthquake” along these lines. “Our hearts go out to the victims and we wish the injured a speedy recovery. I have ordered the Israeli Foreign Ministry to spearhead a rapid aid program for Turkey to deal with this grave disaster,” he detailed.
Israel’s Defense Minister, Yoav Gallant, has reported that he has ordered the Army “to prepare to provide emergency aid” and has pointed out that “the security forces are prepared to provide all necessary assistance”, while indicating that Israeli rescue teams “accumulate a lot of experience over the years in disaster areas and in the mission of saving lives.”
The Israeli president, Isaac Herzog, has also transferred his condolences to Erdogan in the face of this “enormous disaster”. “The State of Israel is always prepared to help in any way possible. Our hearts go out to the bereaved families and to the Turkish people at this painful time,” the president highlighted through his Twitter account.
So far, more than 280 deaths and 2,300 injuries have been confirmed in Turkey, as well as nearly 240 deaths and 640 injuries in areas of Syria controlled by the authorities. To these figures we must add more than 90 dead and 500 wounded in areas controlled by the rebels in the provinces of Aleppo and Idlib, as detailed in statements to the German news agency DPA by the president of the Syrian American Medical Society. , Basel Termanini.
