On February 16, the Armenian urban search and rescue team completed the search and rescue operations in the city of Adiyaman, Turkey, ARMENPRESS reports, the “Telegram” page of the rescue service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Armenia informed.

It is noted that the Armenian rescuers returned to Armenia on February 17.

“They were met by the Minister of Internal Affairs Vahe Ghazaryan and Director of the Rescue Service Kamo Tsutsulyan at the Armenian-Turkish border near the Margara Bridge. Vahe Ghazaryan thanked the rescuers for the work they did,” the message states.

As a result of the 8-day search and rescue operations in the disaster area, the internationally qualified Armenian urban search and rescue team, in cooperation with local support and other international teams, pulled out 3 injured persons and 10 victims from the rubble using various rescue methods, carried out large-scale search operations on the spot.