The Ministry of Emergency Situations made a statement about the earthquake in Turkiye.

Axar.az reports that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs told that in order to eliminate the consequences of the strong earthquake that occurred in the Republic of Turkiye this morning and to support search and rescue operations, according to the order of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, the flexible rescue forces of the Ministry of Emergency Situations consisting of 370 people initially preparations have been started for his departure to the brotherly country.

It should be recalled that an earthquake of magnitude 7.4 occurred in.

Turkiye this morning. As a result of the earthquake, 140 buildings were destroyed and at least 76 people died

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In accordance with the order of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Mr. Ilham Aliyev, the rapid rescue forces of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, sent to support search and rescue operations, hae reached the brotherly country.

This was reported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Currently, the rapid rescue forces are moving from the Turkish city of Adana to the regions where the destruction occurred most to join the search and rescue operations.