Turkey rushes to help Iraq earthquake victims

Thousands of supplies to Iraq delivered by Turkish Red Crescent, Deputy PM says

By Satuk Bugra Kutlugun

ANKARA (AA) - Turkey rushed to help victims of Iraq's 7.2 on the Richter scale earthquake late Sunday with thousands of supplies and humanitarian aid.

Turkey's Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdag said a total of 3,000 tents, 3,000 blankets and a food rig were sent by Turkish Red Crescent to Iraq's north "immediately".

He also added that 4,000 more blankets from Turkey's southeastern provinces Mus and Diyarbakir were directed to the Habur border gate.

The Turkish Foreign Ministry issued a statement that offered condolences to Iraq and said Turkey is 'ready to help' with aid agencies AFAD (Turkey's Disaster Management Agency) and Kizilay (Turkish Red Crescent).

Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu also wrote on Twitter: "Turkey stands ready to provide search and rescue teams & send humanitarian aid for earthquake victims in Iraq. Our thoughts and prayers are with our Iraqi brothers and sisters."

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