Baku / 25.01.20 / Turan: Two buses with Azerbaijani students left Malatya and Elazığ for the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic on Saturday.
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2020 January 25 (Saturday) 21:29:51
Azerbaijani Students Evacuated from Eastern Turkey
Baku / 01.25.20 / Turan: Azerbaijani students evacuated from the disaster zone in eastern Turkey. The Cabinet of Ministers of Azerbaijan organizes the evacuation of Azerbaijani students from the earthquake zone in eastern Turkey.
The corresponding order was given by the head of state Ilham Aliyev. According to the Azerbaijani Embassy, students studying in Malatya and Elazığ will be sent by bus to Nakhchivan, and from there by air to Baku.
The first bus left at 5 p.m. on January 25. How many students will be transported is not reported.
Recall that on January 24 at 20:55 local time, an earthquake of magnitude 6.8 points claimed the lives of more than 30 people, and about 1,500 people were injured. -0-
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