No: 256, 14 August 2022, Press Release Regarding the Church Fire in the City of Giza, Egypt

Republic Of Türkiye Ministry Of Foreign Affairs 14.08.2022

We have received the news with great sorrow that tens of people lost their lives and were injured on 14 August after the breaking out of a fire at the Abu Seifein Church in the city of Giza in Egypt.

We extend our condolences to the families as well as to the brotherly people and the state of Egypt, and wish swift recovery to the injured.

Atatürk

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