Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan spoke by telephone today about an Armenian disaster rescue team set to fly to southern Turkey, the site of yesterday’s devasting earthquake.
Armenian Foreign Ministry spokesman Vahan Hunanyan didn’t say how many Armenian emergency workers would be sent.
Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan, during a press conference in Berlin today with German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, said Armenia has presented it peace treaty proposals to Baku and has received a response.
He told Hetq that after the quake hit people living in his building fled to the streets outside for safety. He describes the scene as one of unimaginable fear and chaos.
The head of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Catholicos Kareklin II, has conveyed his condolences to Syrian President , Bashar Al-Assad, following yesterday’s devastating earthquake that hit northern Syria and southern Turkey.