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In pursuance of Bangladesh’s commitment to global peace and providing humanitarian assistance for those in disaster zones, the government dispatched a Bangladesh Air Force C- 130 J transport aircraft from Bangabandhu Air Base, Dhaka to Damascus, Syria on Friday night.
The directives of dispatching a special aircraft with relief goods to Syria came from Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in view of the fatal earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria on February 6, causing a death toll of over 20,000 and countless injured and displaced.
The special flight included a rescue team of 17 members from BAF, relief goods and essential medicine, read a press release issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The humanitarian assistance contained 11 tonnes of relief goods which included dry cakes (1,110kg), digestive biscuits (556kg), medicine (930kg), blankets (1,380kg), tents (4,423kg) and winter clothes, sweaters (1,390kg).
The flight is scheduled to return to Dhaka on February 13 after handing over the relief goods to the local authority in Syria.
On February 8, Bangladesh Air Force dispatched a similar special flight with relief goods and two medical teams and a rescue team comprising 61 members to Turkey.
The team, in addition to distributing relief goods, is contributing to rescue efforts in consonance with Turkish national rescue activities.
The president, prime minister and foreign minister issued separate condolence messages to the Syrian president, foreign minister and the bereaved people of Syria.
As a longstanding friend of the Syrian Arab Republic, the condolence messages conveyed profound shocks and sympathies to the victims of the earthquakes and the wounded from the government and people of Bangladesh and expressed full solidarity with the brotherly people of Syria at this critical hour.
Similar condolence messages were also issued to the Turkish government and people expressing sympathies and wishing them early recovery.
