Portuguese people in Morocco who need support should contact the Portuguese Embassy in Rabat, Morocco, the interior minister said on Monday.
“It is important that you contact the Portuguese Embassy in Rabat, as well as the Consular Emergency Section of the General Directorate of Consular Affairs and Portuguese Communities,” said Minister José Luis Carneiro this Monday.
Speaking on the sidelines of the opening of the Lanterninha Academy in Matosinhos (Porto), the Minister of the Interior said that, according to information he received from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, all Portuguese who need support from the Portuguese authorities will receive this support. .
“The information I have from the Foreign Ministry and the minister with whom I spoke yesterday is [domingo]is that all Portuguese who need the support of the Portuguese authorities will receive it.”
On Saturday evening, the Portuguese Air Force airlifted 102 Portuguese citizens from Morocco who were asking for help to leave the African country.
The earthquake that struck Morocco on Friday evening killed more than 2,122 people and injured 2,421 others, causing widespread damage in the Marrakech region, an important tourist destination in Morocco.
The earthquake, whose epicenter was recorded in the city of Isis, 63 kilometers southwest of the city of Marrakech, was felt in Portugal and Spain, reaching a magnitude of 7.0 on the Richter scale, according to the National Institute of Geophysics of Marrakech. .
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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