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India has sent search & rescue personnel, dog squads, drilling machines, relief material, and medicines
Turkey thanked 'dost' (friend) India as National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) search and rescue teams, dog squads, equipment, and medical personnel reached the earthquake-hit nation.
The first C17 aircraft carrying the NDRF personnel and equipment arrived in Turkey's Adana early on Tuesday; a second C-17 aircraft carrying more personnel and equipment left India later in the day.
Over 3,000 people are reported to have died due to the earthquake in Turkey while nearly 1,500 are believed to have perished in neighbouring Syria.
"Dost is a common word in Turkish and Hindi... We have a Turkish proverb: "Dost kara günde belli olur" (a friend in need is a friend indeed). Thank you very much India," Turkish Ambassador to India Firat Sunel said on Twitter late on Monday night, after India announced that it would dispatch specialised personnel and equipment to help with earthquake-relief operations.
Sunel was responding to a tweet by MEA Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi on Minister of State (MoS) V Muraleedharan's visit to the Embassy of Turkey in New Delhi to express condolences on the devastation caused by a series of earthquakes which have hit the nation since early on Monday morning.
"MoS @MoS_MEA visited Embassy of Türkiye to express condolences on the devastation caused by today's earthquakes.Conveyed PM @narendramodi’s message of sympathy & humanitarian support. Underscored readiness to send relief material,as well as NDRF & medical teams to assist Türkiye," MEA Spokesperson Bagchi tweeted.
The first C17 flight from India, carrying over 50 National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) search & rescue personnel, specially trained dog squads, drilling machines, relief material, and medicines landed in Turkey's Adana early on Tuesday.
"First Indian C17 flight with more than 50 @NDRFHQ Search & Rescue personnel, specially trained dog squads,drilling machines, relief material, medicines and other necessary utilities & equipment reaches Adana,Türkiye. Second plane getting ready for departure," External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar tweeted.
"India expresses its solidarity at this challenging moment," he added.
A second C-17 aircraft carrying more NDRF personnel, dog squads, equipment and vehicles left for Turkey on Tuesday afternoon.
"Second @IAF_MCC C-17 with self-contained @NDRFHQ teams including dog squads, search & rescue equipment, extrication tools and vehicles leaves for Türkiye. India continues to support the people of Türkiye in their hour of need," MEA Official Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi tweeted.
The Indian Army has also sent a medical team equipped with essential machines and equipment to set up a medical facility in the earthquake-affected area.
"#IndianArmy has mobilised an 89 member medical team to earthquake hit #Türkiye. The team comprises Medical Specialists & is equipped with X-ray Machines, Ventilators, Oxygen Generation Plants, Cardiac Monitors & associated equipment, to establish a 30 bedded medical facility," the Indian Army said on Twitter.
The first C17 aircraft carrying the NDRF personnel and equipment arrived in Turkey's Adana early on Tuesday; a second C-17 aircraft carrying more personnel and equipment left India later in the day.
Over 3,000 people are reported to have died due to the earthquake in Turkey while nearly 1,500 are believed to have perished in neighbouring Syria.
"Dost is a common word in Turkish and Hindi... We have a Turkish proverb: "Dost kara günde belli olur" (a friend in need is a friend indeed). Thank you very much India," Turkish Ambassador to India Firat Sunel said on Twitter late on Monday night, after India announced that it would dispatch specialised personnel and equipment to help with earthquake-relief operations.
Sunel was responding to a tweet by MEA Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi on Minister of State (MoS) V Muraleedharan's visit to the Embassy of Turkey in New Delhi to express condolences on the devastation caused by a series of earthquakes which have hit the nation since early on Monday morning.
"MoS @MoS_MEA visited Embassy of Türkiye to express condolences on the devastation caused by today's earthquakes.Conveyed PM @narendramodi’s message of sympathy & humanitarian support. Underscored readiness to send relief material,as well as NDRF & medical teams to assist Türkiye," MEA Spokesperson Bagchi tweeted.
The first C17 flight from India, carrying over 50 National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) search & rescue personnel, specially trained dog squads, drilling machines, relief material, and medicines landed in Turkey's Adana early on Tuesday.
"First Indian C17 flight with more than 50 @NDRFHQ Search & Rescue personnel, specially trained dog squads,drilling machines, relief material, medicines and other necessary utilities & equipment reaches Adana,Türkiye. Second plane getting ready for departure," External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar tweeted.
"India expresses its solidarity at this challenging moment," he added.
A second C-17 aircraft carrying more NDRF personnel, dog squads, equipment and vehicles left for Turkey on Tuesday afternoon.
"Second @IAF_MCC C-17 with self-contained @NDRFHQ teams including dog squads, search & rescue equipment, extrication tools and vehicles leaves for Türkiye. India continues to support the people of Türkiye in their hour of need," MEA Official Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi tweeted.
The Indian Army has also sent a medical team equipped with essential machines and equipment to set up a medical facility in the earthquake-affected area.
"#IndianArmy has mobilised an 89 member medical team to earthquake hit #Türkiye. The team comprises Medical Specialists & is equipped with X-ray Machines, Ventilators, Oxygen Generation Plants, Cardiac Monitors & associated equipment, to establish a 30 bedded medical facility," the Indian Army said on Twitter.
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