Spain has volunteered to send rescuers to Morocco in the aftermath of an earthquake that killed over 800 people, Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares said on Saturday.
At the G20 summit, Jose Manuel Albares said, “Spain has offered Morocco, if it deems it necessary, both its rescue capacities, which in these moments are the most important, as well as its rebuilding capacity once this moment has passed. What is important right now is to save the greatest number of lives possible”.
He went on to say, “Spain’s Military Emergencies Unit (UME), as well as its aid agencies and embassy, were at the complete disposal of Morocco, of the people of Morocco, to try to relieve this situation and save as many people as possible”.
The UME is a branch of the armed forces formed to respond promptly to emergencies like as forest fires, floods, and earthquakes.
According to Spain’s defence ministry, a UME team was sent to Turkey in February following a terrible earthquake and assisted in the rescue of six persons, including a mother and two children.
More than 55,000 people were killed in the February 6 earthquake in Turkey and bordering war-torn Syria.
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