ANKARA, Nov. 13 (Xinhua) -- Turkey pledged to support victims of the strong 7.3-magnitude earthquake which hit the Iran-Iraq border on Sunday, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said Monday.
"Turkey wholeheartedly stands with the brotherly victims of the earthquake," Yildirim said in a written statement.
The prime minister said the Turkish government has sent an aid convoy to meet the medical and food needs of earthquake victims.
The Turkish people are in solidarity with the people of Iran and Iraq, and Turkey is ready to extend assistance to victims, Turkish Foreign Ministry said Monday in a statement.
A few hours after the earthquake, Turkish Red Crescent Society rapidly sent a rescue team to the earthquake-hit region in northern Iraq late Sunday, and state-run Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) also provide victims basic necessities such as blankets.
The strong earthquake hit Iraq's northern province of Sulaimaniyah at 9:18 p.m. on Sunday, and has killed more than 300 people in Iraq-Iran border region.
