(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 21. Turkish
Ambassador to Azerbaijan Cahit Bagci expressed his gratitude to the
country, trend reports via the ambassador's tweet.
'We thank Azerbaijan, which, as part of the
International Donors' Conference organized by the EU Commission
after the strong earthquakes in our country and Syria, donated $100
million for the construction of residential buildings, social
facilities, and an educational institution, as well as we thank all
other countries,' the tweet said.
The participants of the International Donors'
Conference in Brussels collected 7 billion euros for the victims of
the earthquake that hit Türkiye and Syria on February 6. At the
conference, it was announced that Azerbaijan, as part of its
contribution to restoration and construction work in the region,
will build residential buildings, social facilities and an
educational institution worth $100 million.
The powerful earthquake hit southeastern Türkiye on
Feb. 6, 2023. The quake 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.
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