Greek Foreign Affairs Minister Nikos Dendias spoke with his Turkish counterpart Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu after a powerful earthquake shook coastal Turkey and the Greek island of Samos on Friday afternoon.
Following the call, the Greek Foreign Affairs Ministry said in a tweet in English: “Following the earthquake that hit Samos & Izmir, FM Nikos Dendias reached out to his Turkish counterpart Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu expressing Greece’s readiness to immediately send to Turkey members of the disaster relief unit, in order to help in extracting people trapped in buildings.”
Following the #earthquake that hit Samos & Izmir, FM @NikosDendias reached out to his Turkish counterpart @MevlutCavusoglu expressing #Greece's readiness to immediately send to Turkey members of the disaster relief unit, in order to help in extracting people trapped in buildings https://t.co/0RmxaKdjiH
— Υπουργείο Εξωτερικών (@GreeceMFA) October 30, 2020