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Turkey’s Erdogan & Greek PM Mitsotakis alternate phrases of SUPPORT after lethal Aegean Sea quake hits each nations
An earthquake within the Aegean Sea has prompted Turkey and Greece to put apart their rivalry over assets within the Mediterranean because the leaders of the 2 neighbors supplied one another condolences and assist in the wake of the catastrophe.
A robust quake, measured at 6.6 magnitude by Turkish authorities and seven.zero by the US Geological Survey (USGS), struck the Aegean shore early Friday morning. Greater than 800 folks had been injured and at the least 22 others misplaced their lives in Turkey, with the port of Izmir taking the brunt of the destruction. On the Greek island of Samos, the our bodies of two youngsters – a boy and a woman – had been found close to a collapsed wall after the tremors.
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Following the tragedy, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis referred to as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to supply condolences, whereas the international ministers of the 2 international locations additionally made contact, with the Greek aspect expressing readiness to ship rescue groups to Izmir to assist extract folks from the rubble.
“No matter our variations, these are occasions when our folks want to face collectively,” Mitsotakis wrote on Twitter.
Erdogan responded in sort, saying that “Turkey, too, is all the time prepared to assist Greece heal its wounds.”
That two neighbors present solidarity in tough occasions is extra priceless than many issues in life.
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Relations between Ankara and Athens have hit a low level in latest months attributable to competing claims to continental cabinets within the east Mediterranean, that are believed to be wealthy in vitality assets.
The dispute has seen the 2 neighbors – each NATO member states – mobilize warships and planes, with Greece calling on the EU to slap Turkey with sanctions over what it deemed aggressive conduct after Ankara despatched a analysis vessel into disputed waters close to Cyprus.
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