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Sunday 05 Jul 2015 - 16:37 Makkah mean time-18-9-1436
Turkish Medical aid (Photo: Anadolu Agency)
Djibouti (IINA) – Six tons of Turkey-donated medical equipment and supplies, along with six fully-equipped ambulances, have arrived in Djibouti for refugees who have recently fled war-torn Yemen, the Turkish ambassador to Djibouti said Sunday.
Ambassador Hasan Yavuz said the six ambulances were sent to Djiboutian Health Ministry officials by the Turkish International Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA), while the medical equipment was sent by Turkey’s Prime Ministry Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD), Anadolu Agency reported.
In February, Turkish Health Minister Mehmet Muezzinoglu and his Djiboutian counterpart Kassim Issak Osman signed a donation agreement in Ankara paving the way for the delivery of the ambulances.
Turkey’s relations with Djibouti, a country of less than a million people, have developed steadily in recent years, with Turkey opening an embassy in the capital Djibouti in 2012. The tiny Horn of Africa country followed suit the following year, when it opened its diplomatic mission in Ankara.
Despite the fact that Djibouti is considered one of the world's 20 least developed countries, it is the only country in the Horn of Africa region to welcome refugees from Yemen, which lies just across the strategic Bab al-Mandeb Strait.
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