Armenia sent humanitarian aid to Turkey

Armenia sent humanitarian aid to Turkey today. Humanitarian aid trucks crossed the Margara border bridge and moved to the earthquake-affected region.  This was reported by the press secretary of the RA MFA.

Deputy Foreign Minister Vahan Kostanyan, in turn, published a video on his Twitter page showing how a car loaded with humanitarian aid passes through the Margara Bridge.

It should be reminded that in Turkey, not far from the Syrian border, there was an earthquake of 7.8 magnitudes on the night of February 6.  Destruction has taken place in many cities in Turkey and Syria.  There are many victims and wounded.  Aftershocks followed the night's devastating earthquake in Turkey, one of the strongest of which was 7.7 magnitude, the other 5.9.

RA Ministry of Internal Affairs of Armenia informed that 29 rescuers left Armenia for Syria and 27 rescuers for Turkey to participate in search and rescue operations.

Later, after crossing the Margara bridge from Armenia to Turkey, Armenian trucks were met by the head of Igdir emergency department. After the democratic procedure, the Armenian trucks left for the place where the disaster happened a few days ago.

T24 also noted that after the 1988 Spitak earthquake, the aid collected by the Red Crescent in Turkey was also sent to Armenia through the Margara Bridge.

Garo Paylan, an Armenian member of the Turkish Parliament, published a video of the humanitarian aid sent from Armenia to Turkey.

"The Turkey-Armenia border, which was closed for thirty years, was opened for humanitarian aid. Let's hope that our solidarity will be permanent," he wrote on Twitter.

EU Special Representative Toivo Klaar also referred to Armenia's support to Turkey, which suffered from the earthquake.

"In the face of so much tragedy in Turkey, it is heartwarming to see the support that its neighbor 🇦🇲has provided and the positive response this has engendered," he wrote.

It should be reminded that in Turkey, not far from the border of Syria, on the night of February 6, there was an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.8. Destruction has taken place in many cities in Turkey and Syria. There are many victims and wounded. Aftershocks followed the night's devastating earthquake in Turkey, one of the strongest of which was 7.7 magnitude, the other 5.9. 29 rescuers left Armenia for Syria and 27 rescuers for Turkey to participate in search and rescue operations. Armenia sent humanitarian aid to Turkey.

Europe must finally act against this large-scale humanitarian crisis: French member of the European Parliament

Francois-Xavier Bellamy, a French member of the European Parliament, and head of the delegation of the "Les Républicains - LR" party in the European Parliament was today at the beginning of the road leading to the Lachine Corridor.

"I arrived in Armenia tonight and I am at the beginning of the road leading to Lachin Corridor. Azerbaijan has blocked this only way to enter Nagorno Karabakh for two months. A few kilometers away from here, one hundred and twenty thousand peaceful Armenians live cut off from the world, deprived of everything. Europe must finally act against this large-scale humanitarian crisis because we have no right to leave the Armenian people alone in the face of the new threat of ethnic cleansing, and because, in fact, the security of our countries is also at stake here," he wrote on  Facebook.