ASSISTANCE: Aside from the donation of 4 tonnes of rescue equipment to AKUT, Taiwan has collected more than NT$490 million to help people affected by a quakeBy Liu Tzu-hsuan / Staff reporter
A girl crouches next to relief supplies from collaborative efforts between Taiwan and the Turkish Red Crescent to help people affected by an earthquake that struck Afghanistan on June 22. Representative to Turkey Volkan Huang yesterday said that Afghanistan had received packages as a result of the first collaborative humanitarian effort between Taipei and Ankara, marking a meaningful development in the partnership.
Ankara, Feb. 20 (CNA) A "Taiwan friendship forest" was inaugurated in Kahramanmaras Province, southeastern Turkey with the planting of 30,000 seedlings on Sunday to symbolize the Taiwan-Turkey partnership in the fight against global warming.