The French government will send Civil Protection officials and "many tons of medical supplies" to Beirut, the Lebanese capital, which was rocked yesterday by two powerful blasts that left at least 78 dead, nearly 4.000 injured and widespread property damage, the French government said in a statement. French President Emanuel Macron via Twitter.
"Intensive care specialists will also go to Beirut as soon as possible to strengthen the hospitals. France has already started "sending doctors", added the head of the French state.
President Macron assured his Lebanese counterpart Michel Aoun last night that France would provide support to his country and send "members of rescue teams inside" to Beirut. During their conversation, he expressed "the support of himself and France to the Lebanese people," the Elysee said in a press release issued last night.
Rescue teams are on their way to Lebanon, the French presidency added, without elaborating. Earlier yesterday, Emanuel Macron expressed his country's "brotherly solidarity" with the Lebanese after the disaster, assuring that France stands by Lebanon.
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Source: KYPE