Kazakhstan President Kassym Zhomart Tokayev has instructed rescue teams to participate in the search for citizens in Turkey. It has been reported press office Tokaev.
According to the press service, Tokayev heard a report from the Minister of Emergencies of Kazakhstan, Yuri Ilyin.
“According to the President’s instruction, a team of lifeguards and dogs arrived in Hatay early this morning to search for the missing citizens of Kazakhstan,” the report said.
The press service added that employees of the Ministry of Emergencies of Kazakhstan are in close cooperation with local authorities in Turkey. Four people have been rescued so far.
According to the latest data, as a result of the devastating earthquake in Turkey, dead 12,873 people. The number of injured rose to 62 thousand 937.
On Monday, February 6, severe earthquakes occurred in Turkey. The element affected neighboring Syria. A state of emergency was declared in the earthquake-affected provinces of Turkey.