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Egypt sends military planes with emergency medical aid to Turkey, Syria
7 February 2023 23:06 GMT
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi issued a directive to send five military planes carrying emergency medical aid to Turkey and Syria, according to the state-owned newspaper Ahram.
On Tuesday, Sisi held a phone call with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, the first one between the two leaders.
"President Sisi reiterated Egypt's solidarity with Syria and its brotherly people in this calamity. He also directed that all possible aid be provided to Syria," presidential spokesperson Ahmed Fahmy said.
He also held a phone call with Turkey’s President Erdogan, in which he offered condolences and sympathy to the victims of the earthquake, and reiterated Egypt's solidarity with the “brotherly Turkish people”.