Burundi sends ten disaster management specialists to Turkey
Rescue teams search through the rubble of collapsed buildings in Turkey after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the country over the past week. Burundi on Sunday deployed ten disaster management specialists to Turkey in an effort to help in rescue missions. PHOTO | OZAN KOSE | AFP
The Burundian government on Sunday announced that it had deployed ten officers specialised in disaster management to Turkey as part of the efforts to rescue lives after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit Turkey and Syria.
“Taking into account the quality of the ties of friendship and cooperation with Turkey, and the deadly earthquake that struck it, Burundi is sending a specialised natural disaster intervention team in solidarity with the brotherly people of Turkey,” Burundi’s Foreign Affairs Minister Albert Shingiro tweeted.
