PM charges to create ad hoc group in connection with accident in Turkey
15:30, 23 May 2009
ASTANA. May 23. KAZINFORM A bus with 34 tourists, overturned near Manavgat, Turkey, on May 22. There were the Kazakh citizens; Kazinform refers to the Premier?s press service.
In the connection with the accident Kazakh Prime Minister Karim Massimov charged the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Emergencies, Ministry of Healthcare, Ministry of Transport and Communications, Ministry of Tourism and Sport to create an ad hoc interdepartmental working group and render necessary help and protection of interests of the Kazakh citizens injured in the accident. Minister of Emergencies Vladimir Bozhko heads the ad hoc working group.
The Prime Minister charged to report on the current situation, measures taken and the citizens? health.
According to preliminary information of the Kazakh MFA, 21 Kazakhstanis injured. After the first-aid at a hospital in Side 10 people were discharged.