The Ambassador of Georgia to Türkiye and other representatives of the embassy are in the disaster area, where they met with Georgian rescuers and Georgian citizens in Türkiye.
Giorgi Janjghava held a meeting with the governor of the city of Adıyaman, Mahmut Chuhadar. On behalf of the Georgian Government and people, he once again expressed his support to the Turkish people.
According to the Ambassador, dozens of Georgian citizens left Türkiye and returned to homeland, although there are those who do not leave their employers" families in these difficult days.
“The death of 5 Georgian citizens has been confirmed at the moment, 3 of them have already been transferred to Georgia, and the consular service of the embassy is working on the procedure for the transfer of 2 citizens.
We brought the first aid items to the citizens of Georgia in the disaster zone. The Embassy of Georgia, from the very first minutes of the earthquake in Gaziantep, has been working 24 hours a day to help our citizens”, - said the Ambassador.