Turkey opened the Alikan (Igdir province) checkpoint on the border with Armenia to allow the passage of humanitarian aid for victims of Monday’s earthquake from the country’s ten southern provinces, the local Anadolu news agency reported on Saturday.
Five humanitarian aid trucks have already passed through this border crossing, which was last used in 1988 when the Turkish Red Crescent delivered aid after an earthquake in Armenia, Anadolu Agency reported, citing DPA and Agerpres.
“Let’s get something good out of this huge disaster. Solidarity saves lives!” Turkish-Armenian parliamentarian Garo Paylan wrote on Twitter.
The entire land border between Turkey and Armenia has been closed since 1993 following clashes between ethnic Azerbaijanis (part of the Turkic family of nations) and Armenians.
The two neighboring countries resumed diplomatic contacts at the end of 2021.
Depremin hemen akabindeki 28 people A/K team and technical equipment ilavaten, Armenia people 5 TIR dolusu 100 tons of food, medicine, su ve sair acil aid packages de bu sabah Alican gesir kaşışından gekerek Adıyaman’a dörğı yola çekdi.Teşekürler @RubenRubinyan thank you Armenia pic.twitter.com/Val0BC9pbp
— Serdar KILICH (@serdarkilic9) February 11, 2023
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Let us make good out of this great disaster.
Solidarity saves lives! pic.twitter.com/fFBPXv2XRl— Garo Paylan (@GaroPaylan) February 11, 2023
Source: Hot News
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