Azerbaijani citizens' evacuation from earthquake zone in Türkiye begins

On February 7, at 15:00, the process of evacuation of Azerbaijani citizens from the earthquake zone in Türkiye began.

Azerbaijani Ambassador to Türkiye Rashad Mammadov stated this in an interview with APA.

The ambassador said that a decision was made yesterday by the government of Azerbaijan to evacuate Azerbaijanis living in earthquake areas, and evacuation buses are leaving from the bus stations of Kahramanmaras, Malatya, Gaziantep and Adana provinces of Türkiye starting at 15:00 today.

"We investigate the calls received by the operational headquarters and based on that we place the people to be evacuated on the buses," the ambassador added.

Mammadov noted that Azerbaijani citizens who will be evacuated will be sent to their homeland via Georgia: "Several buses are already full and leaving."

The diplomat did not reveal the number of Azerbaijani citizens to be evacuated.

The ambassador noted that they will announce the number of evacuees in the evening.