Help Handling Post-Employment, The Indonesian Humanitarian Team Will Task In Antakya City, Turkey

Indonesian Ambassador Lalu M Iqbal (second from the left) with Athan RI Colonel (KAV) M Amir Ali Akbar and the Airport Coordination Team AFAD. (Source: Indonesian Embassy Ankara)

JAKARTA - The humanitarian mission sent by the Indonesian government has coordinated with the Turkish Disaster Management Agency (AFAD) to assist post-earthquake management in Turkey.

The Indonesian humanitarian team will serve in Antahya City, Hatay Province.

This news was conveyed by the Indonesian Ambassador to Turkey, Lalu Muhamad Iqbal, immediately after coordinating the final with the leaders of the AFAD.

"This is a belief. At the direction of the Indonesian Foreign Minister on the first day of the earthquake, the Indonesian Embassy team was already in the 4 most affected areas on the second day of the earthquake, before there was a single foreign representative who went to these areas," explained Ambassador Lalu M Iqbal in a written statement received by VOI, Sunday, February 12.

"In addition to evacuating Indonesian citizens, we also make an assessment in the field to identify the areas most affected and will be the targets of the Indonesian humanitarian mission," he continued.

Antakya is the old and most densely populated city in Turkey's Southeast region.

The historic city, which had a population of about 1.6 million before this earthquake, suffered the most severe damage.

Due to the density of the population, it is believed that the death toll and most serious injuries are in this trading city and port city.

In accordance with the results of BNPB coordination with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Indonesian Embassy in Ankara, at the initial stage of the Indonesian Humanitarian Mission, 10 command tents will be set up to be used by the AFAD and the Indonesian Team in Antakya, as well as 25 family tents.

At the same time, the team will also build a field hospital.