The latest situation in Turkey’s southern area, which was devastated by earthquakes on Monday, was discussed during discussions between the Turkish foreign minister and his American colleague on Thursday.
Mevlut Cavusoglu and Anthony Blinken spoke on the phone about aid and ongoing relief efforts after two enormous earthquakes struck just hours apart on Monday, severely damaging northwest Syria as well as a wide region of southern Turkey.
According to President Recep Tayyip Erdoan, 16,546 people have died in one of the biggest disasters this century, while more than 65,000 have been injured.
On Wednesday, two USAID aircraft touched down at Incirlik Air Base in the province of Adana in the south. They were sent to the Adyaman area with the intention of concentrating on urban search and rescue.
Each squad has roughly 80 members, 12 dogs, and specialized triage and concrete-breaking tools and equipment.
On Monday, President Joe Biden talked with Erdogan to express condolences and to underline Washington’s willingness to support rescue operations.
Blinken instructed Cavusoglu to “take up the phone and let us know” what Washington might do to assist during their earlier this week conversations.
According to Turkish diplomatic sources, Cavusoglu also had separate phone conversations on Thursday with his counterparts in Portugal, Joao Gomes Cravinho, Azerbaijan, Jeyhun Bayramov, Sweden, Tobias Billstrom, and Azerbaijan’s minister for emergency situations, Kemalettin Haydarov, as well as Afghanistan’s acting foreign minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi.
