SEPANG: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim left for Turkiye tonight (Feb 14) to provide moral support to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the people of the country who were hit by an earthquake early last week that claimed tens of thousands of lives.
The special plane carrying Anwar took off at about 11.15pm from the Bunga Raya Complex at Kuala Lumpur International Airport .
Anwar - who will be visiting Turkiye for a day - was accompanied by Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Zambry Abdul Kadir and Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Amrizan Mohd Ali. The Prime Minister is expected to arrive in Gaziantep at 7.30am tomorrow to inspect the disaster site and meet with the Special Malaysia Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team before leaving for Ankara to hold a meeting with Erdogan.
On Feb 11, Anwar contacted Erdogan immediately after arriving from an official visit in Bangkok, Thailand, to convey his condolences and prayers over the disaster.
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