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Azerbaijan sends another aid caravan to Turkey

Politics Materials 12 November 2011 11:35 (UTC +04:00)
Another caravan with aid for earthquake-affected people was sent from Azerbaijan to Turkey at the Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s instruction on Saturday.
Azerbaijan sends another aid caravan to Turkey

Azerbaijan, Baku, Nov.12 / Trend, M. Aliyev /

Another caravan with aid for earthquake-affected people was sent from Azerbaijan to Turkey at the Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev's instruction on Saturday.

The caravan consisting of 10 motor vehicles will cross Iran's territory and will arrive in Turkey. Some 150 tents and 200 beds were sent for the earthquake-affected people, the Emergency Situations Ministry told Trend on Saturday.

Earlier, 1,250 tents, 700 bed sets, 5,000 blankets, 40 generators, 40 kitchen sets and two field kitchens were sent to the disaster zone. This is the third caravan of aid for the earthquake-affected people in Van.

An earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale jolted Turkish province of Van on Nov.9.

The death toll reached 30 people as a result of the disaster.

As a result of the earthquake measuring 7.2 on the Richter scale took place on Oct. 23, killing more than 600 people.

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