The powerful earthquake that struck the country yesterday has caused heavy casualties and a high number of fatalities and injuries.
Prime Minister Edi Rama convened the government a day after the earthquake.
Rama has stressed out that everything will be done for the injured people and that the government will approve the decision to declare a national mourning day.
“24 dead, 657 injured, 45 saved so far. Terrifying earthquake for our society, for our state, for our government and for our nation as a whole.
Without exaggeration, I must emphasize the immediate and significant response of the entire Council of Ministers and also of the civil emergency bodies, the State Police, the Armed Forces and the National Emergency.
It has been one of the darkest moments of our lives.
I want to express gratitude and respect and thanks to all the troops engaged on the front line of this confrontation with a disaster of extraordinary proportions from those who risked their lives saving lives left, ”said Rama.
Today the government will approve the national mourning day.
We took some time to reflect because the state of emergency has some scope and obligation for those who will govern the state of emergency, Rama said.
“We know very well that this is a serious issue, , these families need so much more.
We cannot accept elderly, female children to spend the winter in tents or leaving burdens on other families this is our obligation.
I want to make it clear that I will not tolerate any family that will seek to stay in a dangerous building.
I must express boundless gratitude for the truly deeply comforting reactions of the US and EU embassies, that have been with us since the earliest moments to express their willingness to support the Albanian people.
Gratitude to the President of Kosovo, the Prime Minister of Italy, who is among our irreplaceable friends and partners, as he was the one who opened the series of live communications being fully exposed to help people and our government facing this very challenging situation, said Rama among others./abcnews.al
