Albania: February 13th declares mourning day in honour of earthquake victims in Turkey

The news was made by Prime Minister Edi Rama.

The Albanian government has decided that Monday, February 13th, will be Sunday Z. NATIONAL IE as a sign of pain and prayer for victims of the great tragedy of the earthquake on the Turkish-Syrian border, as well as in solidarity with friendly Turkey, which we found near when a similar disaster struck Albania recently. The lowering of the national flag in half and lighting a candle from each of them at will of the opportunity will be the meaningful signs of a Monday marked by human pain and popular solidarity that cross our”, Rama writes on Facebook.

A tragic earthquake struck Turkey and Syria on Monday morning, causing more than 22 thousand casualties and thousands injured.

The quake's epicentre was about 20 miles [26 km] from the city of Nurdag and about 33 miles [33 km] from Gaziantep, the American Geological Service said.

It is known that there have also been successive earthquakes, including one with a magnitude of 7.5 on the Richter scale.

Emergency teams continue the work of extracting people in ruins. /euronews. al