Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu called his Greek counterpart Nikos Dendias on Wednesday to expressed his condolences over the tragic railway accident in Tempi, central Greece.
He later posted on Twitter:
Yunanistan’da meydana gelen tren kazası nedeniyle mevkidaşım Dendias’ı arayarak taziye dileklerimizi ilettik. Yunan devletinin ve halkının acısını paylaşıyoruz.
Spoke w/@NikosDendias, FM of #Greece & extended our condolences for train crash near Larissa. We share their pain.🇹🇷🇬🇷
— Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu (@MevlutCavusoglu) March 1, 2023
Dendias thanked Cavusoglu “for his solidarity at this difficult moment,” the Foreign Ministry said in a message on its official Twitter account.
Meanwhile, FM Dendias have been receiving phone calls from his European counterparts expressing their condolences on the tragedy where at least 40 people were killed and over 60 were injured.
FM @NikosDendias received a phone call today from #Italy DPM/FM @Antonio_Tajani expressing his sincere condolences & 🇮🇹 Government’s support to the 🇬🇷people, following the tragic railway accident in #Tempi pic.twitter.com/m2K0yHqQyD
— Υπουργείο Εξωτερικών (@GreeceMFA) March 1, 2023
Condolences came also by Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky who expressed his sorrow to the President of the hellenic Republic in a tweet.
Τα θερμά μου συλλυπητήρια στην @PresidencyGR και στον ελληνικό λαό για την απώλεια ζωών από τη σύγκρουση τρένων στη Βόρεια Ελλάδα. Ο λαός της Ουκρανίας συμμερίζεται τον πόνο των οικογενειών των θυμάτων. Ευχόμαστε ταχεία ανάρρωση σε όλους τους τραυματίες.
— Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) March 1, 2023
The European Commission has flags at half-mast in solidarity with Greece.
🇪🇺 European flags at half-mast in solidarity with the Greek people after the tragic #trainaccident near #Larissa 🇬🇷 #Greece
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— EC AV Service (@EC_AVService) March 1, 2023
