Under the instructions of the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, the Ministry of Emergency Situations has sent another batch of humanitarian aid to Turkiye in order to mitigate the effect of the strong earthquake that struck this country and support rescue operations.

Axar.az reports citing the Press Service of the Azerbaijan MES.

As a result of the search and rescue operations carried out by the rescuers of Azerbaijan's Ministry of Emergency Situationd in the Kahramanmaraş region, which was seriously damaged by the earthquake, 16 people, including 3 children, were found alive, and the bodies of 29 people were taken out and handed over to the authorities.