KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said he was very touched by the concern shown by Malaysians on the fate of earthquake victims in Syria and Turkiye which saw 42 tonnes of humanitarian assistance sent on Saturday (Feb 18).
According to him, the aid to Damascus, Syria was sent via two A400M aircraft of the Royal Malaysian Air Force which is the result of the cooperation by the government, non-governmental organisations and people.
"I pray the humanitarian assistance mission to Syria by a team of Malaysian volunteers would be blessed,” he said in a Facebook post on Sunday . The humanitarian aid delivery mission, the first to Syria since the country and Turkiye were hit by an earthquake on Feb 6 left at about 10.15 pm last night from Subang RMAF base with 51 crew including representatives of ministries and NGOs.
The death toll of the earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale which shook south Turkiye and northwest Syria has exceeded 45,000 victims. Meanwhile, according to the Prime Minister in an interview with Turkiye Radio and Television Department in Ankara during his visit to the country on Wednesday, Malaysia had sent three humanitarian assistance mission teams to the country so far.
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