In the presence of local and international scholars and experts, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called for a mobilization of efforts to launch the “Turkish National Risk Shield” in an attempt to counter natural disasters in the country.
During the first meeting of Turkey’s National Risk Shield Model, the President of Turkey said that the number of aftershocks hitting the country after two major earthquakes on February 6 exceeded 12,000, indicating that the construction process in the devastated areas has begun.
During the meeting, which was attended by about 50 scientists, experts and specialists, both locally and internationally, Erdogan said that the natural disaster had a significant and immediate impact on the lives of more than 3 million people who were forced to leave their places of origin. residence. in eleven states affected by the earthquake.
The Turkish President indicated that the number of buildings demolished or subject to urgent demolition as a result of the earthquake has now exceeded 214 thousand buildings, stressing that the process of building buildings in the devastated areas has begun, indicating that the survey of buildings in these areas will continue.
Erdogan pointed out that Turkey is facing, in addition to the danger of earthquakes, the risks of floods, heavy rains, landslides, rockfalls, forest fires and other disasters and natural disasters, which force us to develop a comprehensive strategy to counter them, stressing that the purpose of the meeting is to lay the foundation and base for creation of the National Risk Shield. Al-Turki” to counter all natural disasters of all kinds.
Source: RT
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