Chancellor Arreaza highlights strategic relationship between Venezuela and Turkey

The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Jorge Arreaza thanked Turkey once again for sending 15 tons of equipment and medical supplies necessary for the fight against Covid-19, which arrived in our country last Friday.

“The strategic relationship that Presidents Nicolás Maduro and Recep Tayyip Erdoğan have built in recent years is also expressed in solidarity: (on Friday) we received almost 20 tons of supplies for the fight against COVID-19, sent by the Turkish government. Thank you, Turkey”, wrote the chancellor on Twitter.

The shipment, which will be delivered directly to the Ministry of Health, contains ventilators, PCR test kits, masks, biosafety suits and gloves.

The Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency will also install incubators, phototherapy units, bilirubin meters, blood pressure monitors, stethoscopes, thermometers, Mesher mesh, skin dermatomes, defibrillators, hospital beds and baby scales.