Ambassador of Georgia to Turkey arrives in disaster area

In accordance with the decision of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, the Ambassador of Georgia to the Republic of Turkey, Giorgi Janjghava, along with the embassy staff, arrived in the disaster area in Turkey.

According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, Georgian diplomats will hold meetings with representatives of local authorities, visit Georgian citizens in order to identify their needs.

The representatives of the embassy will also meet the rescuers who arrived in Turkey from Georgia and have been working in the disaster zone for several days.

"Embassy of Georgia, from the very first minutes of the devastating earthquake, has been working 24 hours a day to help the citizens of Georgia.

According to the information available at the moment, 5 citizens of Georgia were killed in the disaster.

Dozens of citizens have been transferred from the disaster zone to other regions and cities of Turkey, and some of them have already returned to Georgia," the agency said.