Truck drivers trapped at Turkish-Iraqi borders return to Greece
- Written by E.Tsiliopoulos
The 13 truck drivers that were trapped at the Iraqi-Turkish borders when these were closed in response to the coronavirus outbreak will return to Greece on Friday with on a charter flight leased by the Greek Infrastructure and Transport Ministry, following the coordinated actions of Infrastructure and Transport Minister Costas Karamanlis and the Greek foreign ministry.
The flight will be carried out despite the flight ban in effect for Iraq due to coronavirus and will end the ordeal of the Greek drivers, who showed great patience, courage and understanding.
Karamanlis and the ministry were in constant contact with the Turkish and Iraqi authorities to arrive at a solution of this difficult situation for the truck drivers.
An effort is also underway to offer them every possible assistance in coping with the huge damage to their livelihoods when they were obliged to leave their trucks behind in Erbil, Iraq for an indefinite period of time.
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