Türkiye offers condolences to Hong Kong over deadly fire
Türkiye on Thursday extended condolences to Hong Kong as dozens of people were killed in a fire at a residential complex in Tai Po district.
The Foreign Ministry said in a statement that Ankara is “deeply saddened” by the loss of lives caused by the fire that broke out on Wednesday.
“We extend our condolences to the families of those who lost their lives and to the people of the PRC (People's Republic of China),” the statement added.
In Hong Kong's worst fire in years, at least 83, including a firefighter, have died, and 76 others injured, according to the South China Morning Post newspaper. Many are still missing as fire teams continue operations.
Related PostThe government is approaching the final stages of its anti-terror peace initiative, Parliament Speaker Numan Kurtulmuş said on Nov. 28.
“We are pursuing our continued brotherhood in these lands in line with the goal of a terror-free Türkiye and now nearing completion to achieve results,” Kurtulmuş said at an event in the southern city of Adana.
The initiative is overseen by a parliamentary commission chaired by Kurtulmuş. The panel is set to convene on Dec. 4 to review findings from a delegation that visited jailed PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan on the İmralı prison island earlier this week.
"We are consigning the issue of terrorism, which imperial projects use as pawns and see as a proxy for policies of division and fragmentation, to history, never to be revived again.”
The ceremony at Çukurova University was attended by Adana Governor Yavuz Selim Köşger, deputies from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), as well as academics and students.
"We are now leaving behind the scourge of terrorism, which has shackled the 50 years of our republic, preventing this country from moving forward and preventing its people from forming the world’s strongest nation in unity,” he said.
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