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ATHENS, February 9 (Reuters) – Greece Turkey sent thousands of tents, beds and blankets on Thursday to help hundreds of thousands of people left homeless by deadly earthquakes. historical enemy.
Citizen of Greece Ministry of Defence said that Greece blanket, bed, tent and medical plans to provide a total of 80 tons of aid as supplies. Commercial flights carrying boxes with part of the aid to Adana, Turkey, on Thursday morning weather landed at the port and the operation is expected to be completed by Friday.
Christos Stylianides, Minister of Civil Defense of Greece, who accompanied the aid to Adana, said: “We are sending medicines to ease the pain of the people who suffered from the earthquake, medical we brought supplies and necessary things.” “It’s time for all of us to show our humanism.”
Monday Turkey and earthquakes in Syria have killed thousands, destroyed towns and cities, and left hundreds of thousands homeless in the middle of a cold winter.
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Greece and Turkey They have been at odds for decades over a range of issues, from territorial rights in the Aegean Sea to ethnically divided Cyprus and migration, and tensions have recently flared up again.
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Monday Turkey by calling President Recep Tayyip Erdogan perished expressed his condolences.
Mitsotakis, who arrived at the meeting of EU leaders in Brussels on Thursday, added Greece funds said it would be at the forefront of an EU-level initiative to host a donor conference in Brussels to provide and help rebuild earthquake-ravaged areas.
In addition to the aid sent, dogs in Turkey, doctors and about 36 Greek lifeguards are operating along with the engineers. Greek officials have said that Greek teams have pulled five survivors from the rubble in the Turkish city of Hatay, among thousands of people still trapped under collapsed buildings.
Local authorities all over Greece are also organizing campaigns to collect basic necessities to be sent to the Turkish people.
Greece and Turkey have seen their relations improve in the past after the earthquakes that struck both countries in the summer of 1999.
Reporting by Deborah Kyvrikosaios and Angeliki Koutantou; Written by Angeliki Koutantou. Edited by Francis Currie
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2023-02-09 23:23:14
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