Tajikistan sent aid to Turkey

The authorities of Tajikistan will send rescuers and humanitarian aid to Turkey.

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On the morning of February 7, the Committee for Emergency Situations and Civil Defense under the Government of Tajikistan reported that rescuers from the committee are being sent to Turkey to provide assistance.

Earlier, the President of Tajikistan sent a telegram of condolences to the President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the President of Syria Bashar al-Assad, expressing his sincere condolences and words of sympathy to the people of these countries, the relatives and friends of the deceased – patience, and to all the victims – a full recovery. However, the telegrams did not mention the sending of aid.

On February 7, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan also reported that Foreign Minister Sirojiddin Muhriddin received the extraordinary and plenipotentiary ambassador of Turkey in Dushanbe and once again expressed his condolences.

It is reported that the head of the Committee for Emergency Situations also participated in the meeting. “The Government of the Republic of Tajikistan expressed its readiness to mobilize a professional search and rescue team from the Committee for Emergency Situations and Civil Defense under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan to eliminate the consequences of this earthquake, as well as to provide initial humanitarian assistance,” the statement noted.

The number of victims of the devastating earthquake in Turkey and Syria has reached 7,826, with more than 15,000 injured.

The World Health Organization reports that the death toll could reach 20,000 people. Rescue operations are ongoing, and heavy snowfall has complicated the work of rescuers.