“We express our condolences to those who died in the powerful explosion in Beirut and wish the victims a speedy recovery,” he wrote on Twitter.

According to him, Turkey is ready to provide assistance.

On August 4, a powerful explosion occurred in the Lebanese capital near the city's port.

According to initial data, at least ten people died. The Ministry of Health noted that hundreds of people could have suffered.

Beirut Governor Marwan Abboud compared the explosion to nuclear strikes in 1945 on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.