“[Guterres] “I am deeply saddened by the serious effects of Storm Daniel and the subsequent floods that struck the eastern part of Libya,” the Secretary-General’s spokesman, Stephane Dujarric, said in a statement.
Dujarric noted that the United Nations is working with local, national and international partners “to provide urgently needed humanitarian assistance to people in the affected areas.”
The Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations in Libya, Abdullah Bathily, praised the solidarity of local institutions, stressing that this is a moment of unity.
Batelli praised “the heroic efforts made and are being made by the rescue teams,” and stressed that he was “not at all surprised to see how local and national Libyan institutions, local communities and people across the country have come forward to help their brothers in the region.” The most affected areas.
From the United States, President Joe Biden announced that “in this complex situation,” Washington is sending “emergency funds to relief organizations and coordinating with the Libyan authorities and the United Nations to provide additional support.”
“We join the Libyan people in mourning the loss of so many lives and send our hope to all the loved ones lost,” said a statement from the White House also signed by First Lady Jill Biden.
British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly joined the messages of condolence and expressed the United Kingdom’s readiness to help the country.
Other leaders, such as Russian President Vladimir Putin, indicated to the head of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohammed Al-Menfi, their willingness to provide “the necessary assistance” to “address the effects of the devastating floods.”
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has already announced the sending of humanitarian aid planes, assured Menfi that Ankara “will spare no effort to provide all kinds of support.”
Storm Daniel struck the east of the North African country, which has been divided into two parallel governments since the beginning of 2022 due to a serious political crisis.
Last week, the hurricane killed about 30 people in Greece, Bulgaria and Turkey.
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