Greek, Turkish defence ministers fly over quake-stricken areas in Turkey

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Greek National Defence Minister Nikos Panagiotopoulos visited earthquake-stricken areas in Türkiye on Tuesday, after an invitation by his Turkish counterpart Hulusi Akar.

At the country’s Disaster & Crisis Coordination & Management Center in Antakya (Antioch), Akar briefed the Greek minister on latest developments and the current situation. The two ministers then flew over disaster areas on a helicopter and visited a hospital and temporary accomodations housing people who lost their homes in the Feb. 6 earthquakes.

“I observed the magnitude of the destruction, but I also observed the great effort to rebuild the area,” Panagiotopoulos said. He also reiterated “the statement of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who said that we will try to support Türkiye to the extent we can as it faces the long-term consequences of this great humanitarian disaster.”

Some of these extreme disasters occur partly due to climate change, noted Panagiotopoulos, but they also comprise “a new type of security challenge that will concern us all, and we will have to find ways to deal with them because they will surely come, they will hit countries and our peoples, and they should be addressed, and we should work on it, maybe jointly as well.”

Source: ANA – MPA

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