Italy is to send a ship carrying its
mission to help the rescue and relief effort after the
earthquake in Turkey and Syria that has left at least 5,000
dead, including a major field hospital, Civil Protection
Minister Nello Musumeci said Tuesday.
"While the group of Italian specialists has already been at work
in Turkey since this morning, we are preparing to send other
units and essential goods, including what is needed to equip an
important field hospital", he said.
Speaking at the end of a long working meeting with the head of
the Civil Protection Department, Fabrizio Curcio, Musumeci, who
is also minister for sea policies, said that Italy's further
dispatch was agreed in the last few hours with the European
Commission, which coordinates the Member States' interventions.
"A special Defence ship, made available by the Navy,' Musumeci
added, "will take care of the transport of the Italian mission
to Turkey as soon as possible."
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