Venezuela will send a team from the Air Search and Rescue Service (SAR) to Türkiye to support the search and rescue of people injured by the landslides that occurred after the earthquake of magnitude 7.8 registered this Monday.
The information was released by the Venezuelan Embassy in Türkiye, through its account on the social network Twitter, in which it specified that Ambassador José Bracho held a meeting with Ambassador Sevki Mutevellioğlu, at the Response Coordination Center for Emergencies, to coordinate help.
“Ambassador José Bracho held a meeting at the ‘Disaster Coordination Center’ -Emergency Response Coordination Center- with Ambassador Sevki Mutevellioğlu to coordinate the reception of SAR equipment that the Government of Venezuela will send to the areas affected by the earthquakes in Türkiye” , published the Embassy of Venezuela.
Meeting with the Syrian Ambassador
On the other hand, given the situation in Syria, a country also affected by the earthquake As of this Monday, Venezuela remains attentive to provide the greatest support to this nation that is going through an unfortunate event.
In this sense, the chancellor of the republicYván Gil, held a meeting with the Syrian ambassador in Venezuela, Kenan Zaher Al Deen, in order to “provide all the support available to help this sister nation.”
“Given the unfortunate losses caused by the earthquake, we have met with the Ambassador of #Syria in Venezuela, Kenan Zaher Al Deen, to provide all the support available to help this sister nation. Count on the Syrian people with our total solidarity! », Indicated the Foreign Minister on his Twitter account.
Volunteers and international support
The Turkish government has activated an operation with more than 1,000 volunteers and has been receiving support from international organizations and various countries.
Governments such as those of Venezuela, Cuba, Mexico, Brazil, Germany, Russia and China, including the United States, promised to send humanitarian aid, including technical and human teams for disaster management, to both nations.
7.8 earthquake in Türkiye and Syria
Early Monday morning, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake in Türkiye, with an epicenter 30 kilometers from the city of Gaziantep (south), near the border with Syria, and which also had several high-intensity aftershocks, destroyed thousands of buildings, with what is classified as the worst earthquake experienced in the area since 1939.
Faced with the tragedy, the president of Türkiye, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, decreed seven days of national mourning for the thousands of victims, for which, in that period; Until February 12, the flag of that country will fly at half mast in all government buildings and throughout the national territory, as well as in diplomatic missions around the world.
Meanwhile, the Syrian government of Bashar al-Ásad, through the Health portfolio, reported at least a thousand deaths and 2,400 injuries so far and they warn that the report is not definitive. In Syria there were at least a dozen aftershocks.
The Syrian government installed an operations center in Damascus to monitor the rescue efforts and the work of government entities that are deployed in the affected territories in search of survivors.
