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Mevlut Cavusoglu: "A new delegation from Azerbaijan will arrive tomorrow to extinguish fires in Turkey on the instructions of Mr. Ilham Aliyev"

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu

04 August 2021 21:53 (UTC +04:00)

"Today, the Minister of Emergency Situations of Azerbaijan, Mr. Kamaladdin Heydarov, called me and said that a new support will be sent to Turkey tomorrow on the instructions of President Ilham Aliyev," Turkish Foreign Minister and former Antalya MP Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said at a press conference on the fires in Antalya, APA's local bureau reports.

The minister said that a plane with 10 crews and 40 fire trucks with 150 crews will come from Azerbaijan tomorrow to support firefighting in Turkey.

Notable Mr. Cavusoglu also said that two water tankers used to extinguish fires in helicopters were sent from Azerbaijan.