The group of eight Macedonian citizens who were in the Turkish region affected by the devastating earthquake, are high school students, students from the Technical School in Gostivar, who are from the city, from Tetovo and from Mavrovo-Rostuše. They and a mentor, through the "Erasmus +" program, stayed in the city of Kahraman Marash, one of the most affected in today's disaster.

"From what I could find out today, we are talking about students from schools in Western Macedonia, that is, from the municipalities of Gostivar, Mavrovo and Rostushe. I really couldn't find out which NGO from Gostivar is running the project. Throughout the day, like you, I try to find out as much information as possible, how are the children in Turkey, but also how their families survive these difficult moments here, says Marko Georgievski, director of the National Agency for European Educational Programs and Mobility," he told "Alfa" TV Marko Georgievski, the director of the National Agency for European Educational Programs and Mobility.

The head of diplomacy Bujar Osmani said this afternoon that eight of our citizens were in the areas where the catastrophic earthquake occurred in Turkey, two of whom were injured.

- Today we worked all day on this issue, our representatives from North Macedonia contacted the Embassy in Ankara and the Consulate General in Istanbul, that's how we got the information regarding our citizens who were in the locations where the earthquake happened, they also entered into communication with their families. According to that information, eight of our citizens were at those locations, two of whom were injured, one with more serious injuries and a surgical intervention was performed on him, said Osmani, at a press conference after the Conference on Anti-Semitism.

He expressed confidence that our diplomats have already arrived at the locations and that we will have more accurate information then.

He announced that the Government will hold an extraordinary session at 17:XNUMX p.m., at which, as he said, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will first inform about the available information that we have from there, however, and will propose conclusions regarding direct aid and aid coordination that the Government can gave it and to send it immediately to the Republic of Turkey.

Osmani also said that today he communicated with the Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs to whom he expressed his condolences for the tragic event, adding that as we collect the information, the public will be informed.

According to the latest data, in today's two earthquakes within 12 hours that hit Turkey and Syria, more than 2.000 people died.