Turkish Vice President Fuad Aktay announced - after a meeting with Lebanese officials - Turkey's readiness to rebuild the destroyed port of Beirut again, while an international donor conference on Lebanon is expected to be held on Sunday.
Aktay said - after a meeting with Lebanese President Michel Aoun - that Turkey is placing the Turkish port of Mersin near Beirut at the disposal of Lebanon, to be used for storing large goods and commodities, until the Beirut port is re-established, and goods and commodities are transported after that by small ships to other Lebanese ports. .
He also announced that all of his country's hospitals, and its ambulance aircraft, will be of service to Lebanon. To treat the injured in the Beirut port explosion, stressing that Turkey is ready to provide more food and medical aid to Lebanon.
He pointed out that, immediately after the explosion, Turkey sent a relief crew to help in search and rescue work, and that this crew was still continuing its activities in the area of the explosion in the port of Beirut.
Aktay added that Turkey has also sent two mobile hospitals and medical teams to Beirut, and the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) sent about 400 tons of aid, in addition to aid sent by other Turkish organizations such as AFAD and the Turkish Red Crescent.
Aktay and his accompanying delegation - including Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu - met with Lebanese President Michel Aoun, Prime Minister Hassan Diab, and Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri in the capital, Beirut, as part of a solidarity visit to Beirut.
Donors conference
. Paris is expected to host tomorrow an international conference sponsored by the United Nations to mobilize support to aid Lebanon, headed by France and the United Nations.
A statement by the French Presidency Office said today that the conference will discuss mobilizing support from countries to help Lebanon, and decide how to distribute this international aid so that the Lebanese can benefit directly from it.
US President Donald Trump said that he will participate in an international conference to be held with video technology tomorrow to help Lebanon.
He added that his country would send 3 planes loaded with medical aid, food and medical teams to Lebanon to help counter the effects of the explosion.
In the context, the Secretary-General of the Arab League, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, said today that he will seek to mobilize Arab energies to provide support to Lebanon after the port explosion. The tragedy of Beirut Port. "