Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias is on a visit today. Turkey. The Foreign Minister, who will be accompanied by his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu throughout the visit, will meet with members of the Greek Relief Mission, which is operating in areas affected by the 7.8 magnitude earthquake on February 6.

N. Dendias will visit the Operations Center in Antioch and be briefed on the latest developments in the area of ​​search and rescue, as well as the need for humanitarian assistance.

During the visit, ways of further assistance to Greece in the fight against the disaster will be considered.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs instructed the Permanent Mission of our country in Geneva to take measures to provide emergency humanitarian assistance through the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) to Turkey and Syria.

Deputy Foreign Minister Andreas Katsaniotis has taken over the coordination of organizations and individuals wishing to help raise humanitarian aid for earthquake-hit areas in Turkey and Syria.

Hope in Ruin – Rescue Continues

Rescue teams are pulling more survivors, including entire families, from collapsed buildings even as hopes dwindle as the death toll from the massive earthquake that hit the Turkish-Syrian border five days ago now tops 25,000 Human.

Dramatic rescue events are broadcast on Turkish television, including the rescue of the Narli family in the center of Kahramanmarash, 133 hours after the magnitude 7.8 earthquake. The first to be rescued was 12-year-old Nehir Naz Narli, followed by both of her parents.

It was preceded by the rescue of a family of five from a badly damaged mountain of rubbish in the town of Nurdagi in Gaziantep province, according to HaberTurk TV channel.