Turkey working to open two more border gates to Syria for quake aid

Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said the country is working on opening two more border gates to Syria to enable flow of humanitarian aid to its earthquake-hit neighbour.

Cavusoglu said damage on the Syria side of the road leading to Cilvegozu border gate, which is solely open for humanitarian aid as part of UN Security Council authorisation, is causing difficulties in responding to the disaster.

"There are some difficulties in terms of Turkey's and the international community's aid (reaching to Syria). For this reason, efforts are being made to open two more border gates," he told reporters.