Tunisian President Kais Saied on Saturday ordered urgent dispatch of aid supplies to Morocco to assist victims of the ferocious quake that claimed more than 1,000 lives and inflicted wide scale damage.

Tunisian Presideny expressed in a statement condolences to the families of the victims, affirming that all of the nation’s resources have been placed at Morocco’s disposal, adding that the president ordered dispatch of civil defense teams to Morocco to help in the rescue operations.

Source: Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)