Comoros President thanks Turkey for Libya help

20 March 2011 Sunday

President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi of the Union of Comoros has thanked Turkish government for evacuating their citizens from Libya during the uprising in the north African country.

In a statement, the Consulate General of Comoros in Istanbul quoted President Sambi as saying, "Ottoman fleet saved our great grandfathers from occupation of the Portuguese navy back in the 16th century. Now, some 450 years later, great grandsons of the Ottoman Empire mobilized to rescue their Comorian brothers. I want to thank the Turkish government, Turkish army, Turkish diplomats, the Turkish Airlines and Turkish people on behalf of Comorian people."

"Turkish ports and planes are welcomed at all our ports and airports. Opening of a Turkish embassy in Comoros will be a great source pride to us," he added.

The Comoros, officially the Union of the Comoros, is an archipelago island nation in the Indian Ocean, located off the eastern coast of Africa. It is the third smallest African nation by area with 1,862 square km. With a population estimated at 798,000, it is the sixth-smallest African nation by population. The country consists of the four islands in the volcanic Comoros archipelago as well as many smaller islands.

Source: World Bulletin.
Link: http://www.worldbulletin.net/?aType=haber&ArticleID=71387.