The Turkey-Armenia border has been reopened after 35 years to carry humanitarian aid to earthquake victims. Five trucks carrying humanitarian aid from Armenia crossed the Alikan border in Turkey's Igdir province. Turkey's state news agency Anadolu News Agency reported such information in a report on Saturday (February 11).
According to the report, this border was opened earlier in 1988 after a terrible earthquake hit Armenia. At the time, the Turkish Red Crescent used the border to deliver humanitarian aid to earthquake survivors in Armenia.
On Monday (February 6) at 4:17 a.m. local time, an earthquake of magnitude 7.8 rocked Turkey and its neighboring country Syria. 15 minutes after that earthquake, another big earthquake of magnitude 6.7 followed by hundreds of smaller earthquakes.
Search and rescue teams of 69 countries around the world have already started rescue operations in the earthquake-affected areas. And 8 thousand 326 rescuers of these countries participated in this rescue operation.
After this terrible earthquake, at least 100 countries of the world have offered assistance to Turkey, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the country. According to a statement from the ministry, 99 countries of the world have offered assistance to Turkey for earthquake relief efforts.
Meanwhile, rescuers rescued more children from the rubble of the Turkey-Syria earthquake on Saturday. The death toll from the earthquake has risen to over 24,000 and freezing temperatures have exacerbated the suffering of millions, leaving many in dire need of aid.
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