Chinese President Xi Jinping has sent messages of condolences to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, respectively, for the deaths of thousands of people in both countries as a result of earthquakes along their common border on Monday.
Xi has expressed on behalf of the Chinese government and people their «deepest condolences» to the families of the deceased, as well as to the injured, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said in a statement reported by Xinhua.
Thus, it has maintained that under the leadership of Erdogan and Al Assad, the two countries and their people «will surely overcome the disaster and rebuild their homes at an early date.»
More than 4,300 people have been killed by the succession of earthquakes registered on Monday in southern Turkey, near the border with Syria, according to data provided by the authorities of both countries and the ‘white helmets’ that serve in Syrian opposition areas, although it is feared that the figure may increase in the coming hours because thousands of people have been injured and many are still trapped in the rubble.
Source: (EUROPA PRESS)
