Morocco is responding to relief offers made by friendly countries, in the aftermath of the devastating quake that hit the central regions of the country Friday night, based on field needs that were identified after careful assessment abiding by international standards, the Interior Ministry said on Sunday.
So far, the massive quake claimed 2,122 lives, in addition to 2,421 injured, as the death toll is starting to stabilize.
Given that any lack or poor coordination can backfire in such critical circumstances, the ministry explained that Spanish, Qatari, British and Emirati search and rescue teams were invited to help with relief efforts. The foreign groups arrived at the scene Sunday and started their deployment in coordination with Moroccan counterparts.
With the progress of intervention operations, Morocco might respond to relief offers by other countries, depending on the requirements of each situation.
King Mohammed VI had thanked all sister nations which proposed to dispatch humanitarian aid to alleviate the sufferings of the disaster-stricken populations.
Morocco welcomes all solidarity gestures from around the world.