Syria Agreed To The Request Of Landing Planes Carrying Saudi Aid.
According to the official Syrian News Agency (SANA), Bassem Mansour, the head of the Syrian Civil Aviation Organization, announced that he agreed to the request of Saudi Arabia to land a plane carrying humanitarian aid to the Syrian earthquake victims at the Damascus airport.
Based on this report, Bassem Mansour said that so far 21 countries have requested to land at Syrian airports in order to send humanitarian aid to the earthquake victims, among which 4 countries, including Saudi Arabia, Cyprus, Sudan and Belarus, submitted their request today, which was accepted. It was agreed.
The head of the Civil Aviation Organization of Syria said: Syria welcomes and thanks anyone who wants to help the earthquake victims and will agree to the request of landing the planes of the countries that want to help.
At the same time, Mansour said that so far 61 planes carrying humanitarian aid have landed in Syrian airports.
It should be noted that during the 7.7 magnitude earthquake at 04:17 AM last Monday, a lot of damage was done to buildings in large areas of Syria and Turkey, and the search and rescue teams are removing the debris and rescuing those who are trapped under the debris. .
This deadly incident has brought widespread reactions and the leaders of different countries have expressed their sympathy with the Syrian and Turkish nations.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Syria issued a statement and announced: Syria requests the member states of the United Nations, the organization’s secretariat, its agencies and specialized funds, the International Committee of the Red Cross and other international governmental and non-governmental organizations to help and support the efforts Support the Syrian government in the face of this humanitarian disaster.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Syria called for help in searching for survivors, rescuing people trapped under the rubble, and providing food and health aid and supplies to those affected by the earthquake throughout the country.
