Pakistan will extend its maximum support to Turkish govt & people to help them cope with the quake-caused destruction: PM Shehbaz
ISLAMABAD, Feb 06 (SABAH): Prime Minister Mian Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Monday telephoned Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and conveyed condolences over the destruction caused by the earthquake which jolted Turkiye as well as Syria and claimed more than 1,700 lives.
Expressing deep grief over the loss of life and property, the prime minister sympathised with the grieved families. “The people of Pakistan are with their brotherly Turkiye and its people. Pakistan will extend its maximum support to the Turkish government and people to help them cope with the quake-caused destruction,” added PM Shehbaz.
He said the adverse impacts of the climate change were deteriorating, adding that natural calamities and climate change know no boundaries, region or ethnicity, he remarked. The prime minister prayed to Allah Almighty for peace of the departed soul, patience to the bereaved families, and early recovery of the injured.
Upon this, President Erdogan thanked the prime minister for the condolatory for offering support. He added that he valued the sentiments of the prime minister as well as the Pakistani people.
Meanwhile Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has renewed the call for global action in the wake of increase in climate change induced natural disasters.
He made the call in a message expressing condolences to the government and people of Turkiye for the loss of precious lives in an earthquake on Monday.
Noting that climate change induced disasters are not limited to a single country or region, the Prime Minister termed these a clarion call to the international community to act for survival of mankind and planet earth.
The Prime Minister said Pakistan stands in solidarity with its Turkish brethren in this hour of grief.
Recalling Turkiye’s support to Pakistan in every hour of difficulty, Shehbaz Sharif said Pakistan will help Turkiye in every possible way.
He expressed sympathies with the bereaved families and prayed for eternal peace of the dead and speedy recovery of the injured.
Meanwhile, in a tweet in this regard, the Prime Minister especially send his profound condolences and sympathies to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif also expressed heartfelt condolences and most sincere sympathies to the government and the people of Syria, who have suffered major human and material losses due to the devastating earthquake early this morning.
The Prime Minister said we stand in solidarity with the government and people of Syria and will provide all possible support to them.
He said earthquake devastation is a message to the world community to get united to tackle the challenge of climate change.