NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg affirmed the alliance's "strong" solidarity with Turkey in facing the effects of the earthquakes that struck the south of the country at dawn last Monday. On the other hand, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees sent 3,000 tents to Turkey to support those affected by the devastating earthquakes.
The Secretary-General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Jens Stoltenberg, affirmed the alliance's "strong" solidarity with Turkey in facing the effects of the earthquakes that struck the south of the country at dawn last Monday.
This came in a press conference held on Monday before the start of the meeting of NATO defense ministers scheduled for February 14-15 at NATO headquarters in the Belgian capital, Brussels.
Stoltenberg said in this regard: "NATO countries supported Turkey in facing the effects of the earthquakes, and we stand in strong solidarity with our ally, Ankara."
He noted that NATO member states have sent many relief workers, search and rescue teams, firefighters, health workers and seismologists to Turkey.
On the other hand, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees sent 3,000 tents to Turkey to support those affected by the devastating earthquakes.
The Turkish embassy in the Jordanian capital, Amman, stated in a tweet on Twitter that the tents were transported to the earthquake zones by planes of the Turkish Armed Forces, their Jordanian counterparts, and Turkish Airlines.
The Turkish embassy thanked the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the Jordanian authorities for this support.
At the dawn of February 6, an earthquake of 7.7 degrees struck southern Turkey and northern Syria, followed by another hours later with a magnitude of 7.6 and hundreds of violent aftershocks, which left huge losses of lives and property in both countries.