Syria expresses solidarity with Peru and Ecuador after earthquake

Damascus, Mar 20 (Prensa Latina) The Syrian Government has expressed solidarity and condolences to the relatives of the victims of an earthquake that shook a coastal region of Ecuador and northern Peru on Saturday, March 18.

March 20, 2023
12:57

Our solidarity and support to the governments and peoples of these two countries in their confrontation with this adversity, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated in a press release published by SANA.

These natural disasters, it stressed, make international humanitarian efforts more significant than ever.

Some 100 homes and other facilities were damaged or destroyed due to the 6.5 magnitude earthquake that struck the two nations on Saturday.

So far, 14 people have died in Ecuador after the seism, and a four-year-old girl died in the Peruvian city of Tumbes.

The death toll is expected to increase as the search continues.

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