Georgia sends over 100 tonnes of aid for Turkey quake survivors
The necessities have been purchased using the ₾1 million ($374,000) allocated by the Georgian Government last week. Photo: Health Ministry press office
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The Georgian Government on Tuesday sent more than 100 tonnes of humanitarian cargo to Turkey in aid of the survivors of last week’s devastating earthquake that killed more than 31,600 in the country.
The Georgian Health Ministry said the aid included first aid supplies, medication, medical equipment, baby nutrition, supplies for emergency personnel, uniforms, warm clothes, tents, power generators, sleeping bags, dry food, canned food and other necessities that had been purchased using the ₾1 million ($374,000) allocated to the purpose on Friday on the instructions of Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili.
The Georgian Government on Tuesday send humanitarian cargo to Turkey. Video: Health Ministry press office.
A portion of the cargo has been ensured from the Health Ministry and Defence Ministry stocks, it added.
The Georgian Parliament on Saturday also delivered humanitarian supplies collected by the legislative body for the victims affected by the disaster in the neighbouring country.
Turkish Ambassador Ali Kaan Orbai (L) speaking with Georgian Health Minister Zurab Azarashvili. Photo: Health Ministry press office.
Calling Georgia a “true friend” that had been “one of the first” to offer aid, Ali Kaan Orbai, the Turkish Ambassador to Georgia, last week said the Turkish business community in Georgia had also collected humanitarian items, with five trucks loaded with necessities departing for Turkey on Friday.
His Georgian counterpart Giorgi Janjgava on Sunday said he was travelling to Turkey’s southeastern Adıyaman Province to deliver supplies to the region that has been most affected by the deadly quake.
The Georgian Government has pledged "maximum support" to Turkey in the aftermath of the disaster. Photo: Health Ministry press office.
In his social media post, Janjgava said the Georgian Embassy would contact the local Government and meet with survivors.
The latest aid follows the ongoing work of 108 Georgian professionals and their trained dogs to find and rescue more survivors following the 7.8 magnitude earthquake. The crews arrived in Turkey along with accompanying hardware following the disaster, and have been working in the city of Adiyaman in the south-east of the country.
Two separate earthquakes of magnitude 7.8 and 7.5 struck in southeastern Turkey and northern Syria last Monday, killing a combined 37,000 as it collapsed 6,000 buildings.