On February 7, Vahan Hunanyan, the Press Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia, said that Armenia is sending rescue teams to Syria and Turkey to assist in the elimination of the consequences of the earthquake.

"Today, by the decision of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Armenia is sending rescue teams to Syria and Turkey to assist in search and rescue operations in those areas that have suffered from a devastating earthquake," the representative of the Foreign Ministry added.

On the same day, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had a telephone conversation with Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the President of the Republic of Turkey, the Press Office of the Armenian Prime Minister reported.

The Prime Minister offered condolences and expressed solidarity with the President and the people of Turkey in connection with the numerous victims of the strong earthquake that occurred in the country's southeastern regions. Nikol Pashinyan wished a speedy recovery to all the injured and added that the plane carrying the rescue squad of the Republic of Armenia to the disaster zone is preparing to take off from Yerevan's Zvartnots airport.

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan thanked the Prime Minister of Armenia for solidarity and noted that the Turkish government highly values Armenia's support, emphasizing that step from the point of view of further deepening the dialogue between the two countries.

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