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The international community expresses its support for Morocco after the earthquake

The international community is reacting throughout this morning after the earthquake that shook Morocco tonight and left more than 600 dead. The European Union has expressed its solidarity with the African country this morning and has offered it help in the face of the consequences of the earthquake. “All my heart goes out to the Moroccan people in the face of the terrible earthquake that claimed hundreds of lives last night,” wrote the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, on X (formerly Twitter). “My thoughts are with the families of the victims, with the injured to whom I wish a speedy recovery and with those in charge of providing first aid who are doing an admirable job,” added the German politician.

The president of the African Union (AU) Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, expressed his condolences in a similar sense. “I learned with great pain of the tragic consequences of the earthquake that hit the Kingdom of Morocco. I express my deepest condolences to the majesty of King Mohamed VI, to the Moroccan people and to the families of the victims,” Mahamat wrote in X.

The President of France, Emmanuel Macron, and the Italian Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, as well as the President of the Government of Spain, Pedro Sánchez, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany, Annalena Baerbock, have also expressed their condolences and offered support. “Giorgia Meloni, today in New Delhi on the occasion of the G-20 Summit, learned with pain the tragic outcome of the devastating earthquake that hit Morocco,” reads a note on her official account. Meloni has expressed “her closeness and solidarity to Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch, the families of the victims and the Moroccan people and she expressed Italy's full availability to support Morocco in this emergency.” Macron said: “We are all in shock after the terrible earthquake in Morocco. “France is ready to send first aid help.”

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has written that “the people of Israel support their friends in Morocco” and have asked his government to provide “all necessary assistance.” “Following the tragic earthquake in Morocco, the Prime Minister has instructed all government agencies and forces to provide all necessary assistance to the people of Morocco, including preparations to send an assistance delegation to the area,” indicates the office of Netanyahu in a statement.

The president of Russia, Vladimir Putin, has expressed his condolences and support for King Mohamed VI. “Russia shares the experiences and pain of the friendly people of Morocco,” the head of the Kremlin wrote in his telegram, in which he asked the Moroccan king to convey his words of condolence and support to the family and friends of Morocco. the victims.

Furthermore, the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, regretted the earthquake at the G-20 summit being held this weekend in New Delhi. “We pray that all the injured recover soon. The entire global community is with Morocco,” he said. The Turkish president, Rcep Tayyip Erdogan, has also regretted the event: “We are with our brothers in Morocco on this very difficult day.”