Turkey sent 2 planeloads of medical aid to embattled country Riyaz Ul Khaliq | 27.05.2021
ANKARA
India has thanked Turkey for sending medical aid as the country battles a deadly wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, with 16 million cases reported so far.
“Appreciate this gesture of solidarity from the Government of Turkey,” said Arindam Bagchi, India’s Ministry of External Affairs spokesman.
Two Turkish military planes carried medical supplies to India from Ankara on Tuesday.
The aid included 630 oxygen tubes, five oxygen generators, 50 ventilators, and 50,000 boxes of medicines.
“[We] thank the Turkish Red Crescent Society for consignment of medical supplies that arrived today,” Arindam said on Wednesday.