TIRANA, Sept 22 /ATA/ – Prime Minister Edi Rama on Sunday morning held a meeting with officials of the Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Interior, Civil Emergencies and State Reserves directorates, as well as the prefects of all Albanian districts to discuss situation in the country following the Saturday’s powerful earthquake.
During the meeting, Defence Minister Olta Xhaçka said that teams are assessing damages to estimate compensation for the worst-hit families.
“It has been a long and tough day of efforts and hard work to cope with the preliminary consequences of a relatively powerful tremor. It has been a night of intensive work for the emergency teams, prefects, health personnel and every other emergency crews to assist people who spent the night outside,” she said.
“Damage assessment teams have been already deployed. A series of emergency centres have been set up to shelter citizens, mainly in Tirana and Durres,” she added.
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