Аzerbaijan allocates a financial aid in the amount of 500,000 USD to Pakistan, which suffered from the heavy earthquake. The instruction in regard to the natural disaster in Pakistan which caused innumerous human victims and devastations was given by the President of Azerbaiajn Ilham Aliyev, the country’s state commission on emergency situations told Trend.
Along with this, the readiness of Azerbaiajn to send a group of doctors and rescuers is noted. The Health Ministry and the civil defense department of the Defense Ministry have been instructed to bring the special brigades into the state of the heightened readiness. As soon as the consent of the Pakistani government is received, the teams of physicians and rescuers will be immediately sent to the earthquake zone by the special air flight.
The President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev sent his condolences to the President of Pakistan Parviz Musharraf on 9 October.