Foreign Minister receives telephone call from Turkish Foreign Minister

Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari received telephone call from Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, today.

Thanking the Turkish Foreign Minister for Turkiye’stimely dispatch of team for flood relief assistance at the outset, the Foreign Minister highlighted that since June 2022, Pakistan had witnessed highest rainfall on record. This had caused widespread flooding and landslides, with extreme repercussions for human lives, livelihoods, livestock, property and infrastructure. The disaster would likely be compounded by riverine floods as well.

Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari stressed that the extensive damages to infrastructure was further impeding the relocation of people to safer locations and the effective delivery of assistance.

The Foreign Minister shared with his Turkish counterpart that Pakistan had prepared a “UN Flash Appeal” which would be launched on 30 August 2022. He expressed the hope that the international community would contribute towards meeting the funding requirements of the Flash Appeal.

Islamabad
27 August 2022

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