YEREVAN. – By way of the Turkish Red Crescent and the Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response Coordination Centre, Armenia on Thursday received the Turkish government’s formal request for earthquake relief.     

On the evening of the same day, representatives from the Armenian Ministry of Emergency Situations (MES) will transfer via plane to Izmir, Turkey, the Armenian government’s 40 tons of relief cargo comprising tents, sleeping bags, blankets, and sleeping gears, MES Rescue Service informed Armenian News-NEWS.am.