Georgia’s foreign office opens hotlines for citizens affected by Turkey earthquake
Georgia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday opened hotline numbers for Georgian citizens in Turkey following the deadly earthquake. Photo: Foreign Ministry press office
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Georgia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday opened hotline numbers for Georgian citizens in Turkey following the deadly, 7.8-magnitude earthquake that killed more than 912 in the country’s south earlier today.
The Georgian Embassy in Ankara will operate two of the hotlines, on the numbers +905336903040 and +905392208280, while the General Consulate in Istanbul will accept calls through the number +905418184400 and the General Consulate in Trabzon on +905413262226.
The earthquake struck just after 4 am local time on Monday, 23 kilometres east of Nurdağı, a city located in Gaziantep province near the Turkey-Syria border, with the shockwaves felt in several countries of the region.
Turkey's disaster agency said early on Monday 912 people had been killed and 2,400 injured, while a Syrian health official said more than 386 people had been killed and over 600 injured in the country.
Sixty Georgian professionals left for Turkey on Monday along with accompanying hardware to ensure aid for the country in its rescue efforts following the recent earthquake that killed at least 1,014 and left thousands injured, the Georgian Interior Ministry said.
Georgian Interior Minister Vakhtang Gomelauri on Monday pledged the readiness of his office to support Turkish rescuers working in the aftermath of the deadly earthquake that killed hundreds in the country earlier in the day.
A Georgian citizen is among those killed in the major earthquake in Turkey on Monday, the Georgian Foreign Ministry has confirmed.
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Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili has sent his “deepest sympathies” to the Government and citizens of Turkey over the devastating, 7.8-magnitude earthquake early on Monday that killed at least 284 and left more than 2,300 injured in the country.
The Turkish Embassy in Georgia on Monday thanked the country’s authorities for their assistance following the earthquake that left over a thousand people dead in the south of the country.
Giorgi Janjgava, the Georgian Ambassador to Turkey, on Tuesday said nearly all Georgian citizens missing following Turkey’s devastating quake on Monday had been found alive.
The Embassy of Georgia in Turkey has switched to an emergency working mode following the deadly 7.8-magnitude earthquake in the country’s south on Monday, the Georgian Foreign Ministry announced on Tuesday.
A group of Georgian rescuers saved a woman who was trapped under a collapsed building in the city of Adiyaman in south-east Turkey, during rescue efforts following Monday's 7.8 magnitude earthquake that has killed thousands, the Georgian Interior Ministry said on Wednesday.
A team of 40 rescuers from Georgia’s Emergency Situations Management Service will join their colleagues involved in the ongoing efforts in the aftermath of Monday’s earthquake in Turkey, the Georgian Interior Ministry said on Wednesday.
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the President of Turkey, has thanked rescue crews sent from Georgia and other countries to help with the search and rescue operations in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake on February 6, the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs said on Monday.