Egyptian foreign minister to visit Türkiye to show solidarity after earthquakes

Egyptian foreign minister to visit Türkiye to show solidarity after earthquakes

Sameh Shoukry is expected to hold meeting with Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu

By Busra Nur Cakmak

ANKARA (AA) – Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry will pay a visit to Türkiye on Monday for solidarity after twin quakes hit south of Türkiye on Feb. 6.

The Turkish Foreign Ministry statement on Sunday said that Shoukry will visit quake-hit Adana province and Mersin port, where an Egyptian aid ship will arrive.

Shoukry's visit will mark the first foreign ministry level visit from Egypt to Türkiye after more than a decade.

Shoukry and his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu are expected to hold a bilateral meeting, the statement added.

Condolences have poured in from around the world expressing solidarity with Türkiye, with many countries sending rescue teams and aid, including Egypt.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi was among the leaders who made a phone call with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan following the earthquakes.

At least 44,374 people have died in two strong earthquakes that shook southern Türkiye on Feb. 6, an official from the nation’s disaster agency said on Sunday.

The magnitude 7.7 and 7.6 quakes were centered in Kahramanmaras and struck 10 other provinces – Adana, Adiyaman, Diyarbakir, Elazig, Hatay, Gaziantep, Kilis, Malatya, Osmaniye, and Sanliurfa. More than 13 million people have been affected by the devastating quakes.

Several countries in the region, including Syria and Lebanon, also felt the strong tremors that struck Türkiye in the space of less than 10 hours.

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