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Turkey's EU minister visits Japanese embassy in U.S. capital
WASHINGTON D.C. (A.A) - 19.03.2011 - Turkey's minister for relations with the European Union (EU) visited the Japanese embassy in the U.S. capital of Washington D.C on Friday.
Turkish State Minister & Chief EU Negotiator Egemen Bagis, who is currently in USA on an official visit, paid an off-the-schedule visit to the Japanese embassy in order to express Turkey's sorrow over the recent earthquake disaster that has shaken Japan.
Signing the special register at the embassy, Bagis wrote, "On behalf of the Turkish government, prime minister and nation, I would like to express my deepest condolences for the earthquake and tsunami disasters that have severely harmed our friend, the Japanese nation".
Bagis noted that Turkey, as a country that had suffered from natural disasters, understood Japan's pain.
"The support and prayers of our nation are always with you," the minister wrote.
As part of his visit, Bagis also had a short conversation with Japanese ambassador Ichiro Fujisaki.
A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 8.9 hit Japan's north-east coast on March 11. The quake's epicentre is thought to have been 20 km below the ocean off Miyagi prefecture. It shook buildings in capital Tokyo, some 300 km away. The quake unleashed a 4-meter tsunami that swept boats, cars, buildings and tons of debris miles inland. Officials think death toll will exceed 10,000 in Japan. Meanwhile, radiation spread from the four stricken reactors of the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant along Japan's northeastern coast.
Turkish State Minister & Chief EU Negotiator Egemen Bagis, who is currently in USA on an official visit, paid an off-the-schedule visit to the Japanese embassy in order to express Turkey's sorrow over the recent earthquake disaster that has shaken Japan.
Signing the special register at the embassy, Bagis wrote, "On behalf of the Turkish government, prime minister and nation, I would like to express my deepest condolences for the earthquake and tsunami disasters that have severely harmed our friend, the Japanese nation".
Bagis noted that Turkey, as a country that had suffered from natural disasters, understood Japan's pain.
"The support and prayers of our nation are always with you," the minister wrote.
As part of his visit, Bagis also had a short conversation with Japanese ambassador Ichiro Fujisaki.
A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 8.9 hit Japan's north-east coast on March 11. The quake's epicentre is thought to have been 20 km below the ocean off Miyagi prefecture. It shook buildings in capital Tokyo, some 300 km away. The quake unleashed a 4-meter tsunami that swept boats, cars, buildings and tons of debris miles inland. Officials think death toll will exceed 10,000 in Japan. Meanwhile, radiation spread from the four stricken reactors of the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant along Japan's northeastern coast.
