Dakar, Feb 13 (APS) – A detachment of Senegalese firefighters left Dakar on Monday morning bound for Turkey, recently hit by a violent earthquake whose provisional death toll stands at 31,643, APS learned from of the Senegalese presidency.
The Turkish Ambassador to Senegal, who attended the departure of the firefighters, magnified “this example of solidarity”.
The President of the Republic, Macky Sall, announced last Friday, in Thiès (west), the departure for Turkey of a detachment of Senegalese firefighters who will bring “solidarity” from Senegal to this country. hit by a powerful earthquake a week ago.
“I salute the Minister of the Interior, the speed with which you implemented my instructions yesterday at midnight following the Council of Ministers, to send a detachment of firefighters to Turkey,” said Macky in particular. Sall, who had just inaugurated a national school of firefighters in Thiès.
The Head of State also announced that he had decided to make a “modest” contribution of one million dollars, or 600 million FCFA. [pour les ] victims of Turkey and Syria”.
At least 35,224 people died in Syria and Turkey following the earthquake that rocked these two countries last Monday, according to the latest official figures.
In southern Turkey and northern Syria, the areas affected by the earthquakes, relief operations continue, while international aid continues to flow there.
