Azerbaijan Sends Humanitarian Aid Containers From Bilajari Railway Station To Türkiye
Date
2/16/2023 7:19:48 AM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 16. A humanitarian
cargo in 25 containers has been sent from Azerbaijan's Bilajari
railway station to Türkiye with the participation of the Chairman
of the Azerbaijan Railways CJSC Rovshan Rustamov and the Turkish
Ambassador Cahit Bagci, trend reports.
The humanitarian aid will be delivered via the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars
railway line to people affected by strong earthquakes in ten
provinces of the fraternal country.
The sent aid mainly consists of medicines, heaters, and
generators, and will arrive in the sister country within three
days.
Since the first day of the natural disaster in Türkiye, the
Azerbaijani public, demonstrating solidarity with the Turkish
people, has been actively involved in large-scale relief
campaigns.
Bagci thanked the Azerbaijani state and people for the great
support provided during these difficult days.
An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.7 hit southeastern Türkiye
on Feb. 6, 2023. The earthquake occurred at a depth of seven
kilometers in the Pazarcik region of Kahramanmaras Province. The
provinces of Hatay, Gaziantep, Kilis, Osmaniye, Malatya, Adiyaman,
Sanliurfa, Diyarbakir, Adana, and Kahramanmaras were subjected to
severe destruction.
The quake's epicenter was located 26 km away from the city of
Gaziantep with a population of about 1.06 million. Following the
latest data, 36,187 people died, and 80,278 have got injured in the
quake.
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