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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Sophie Wingate

Andrew Mitchell makes first trip by UK minister to earthquake-hit Turkey

PA Wire

The development minister has visited Turkey to witness the impact of UK aid helping people affected by devastating earthquakes.

Andrew Mitchell is the first UK minister to visit the disaster zone since the February 6 quake which has killed at least 44,000 in Turkey and Syria.

He thanked UK medics working alongside Turkish doctors at a UK-led field hospital in Turkoglu in the country’s south.

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