Egypt, Türkiye to cooperate to deliver aid to Gaza

Egypt and Türkiye announced cooperation in delivering aid to Gaza through the Egyptian Red Crescent, said Egyptian ministry of solidarity on Sunday.

This came after in a meeting between Nivine El-Kabbag, Minister of Social Solidarity, Vice-President of the Egyptian Red Crescent, and Okay Memiş, the Governor and Head of Turkey Disaster Emergency Management Authority (AFAD).

Also present in the meeting was Fatma Meriç, the President of the Turkish Red Crescent Society, along with their delegation.

The meeting tackled ways of cooperating to deliver relief and humanitarian aid from Türkiye to the Palestinian people in Gaza through the Egyptian Red Crescent.

El-Kabbag spoke highly of the Turkish role in handling crisis, especially with the recent earthquake that hit the country earlier this year.

She also praised Türkiye’s achievements in economic and development fields.

The minister added that an operations room of several ministries has been working on identifying the actual needs of the people in Gaza.

The officials also agreed to continue cooperation and coordination between the Egyptian Red Crescent and its Turkish counterpart, to manage, store, and maintain the quality of humanitarian and medical relief supplies.

For his part, Memiş said that setting up logistical areas to store relief supplies is of great importance.

These areas should be built in places that are surrounded by dangers or prone to disasters or catastrophes.