{"id":213003,"date":"2022-01-07T12:16:31","date_gmt":"2022-01-07T10:16:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/press\/tika-supports-lesothos-fight-against-covid19?lang=en"},"modified":"2022-01-07T12:16:31","modified_gmt":"2022-01-07T10:16:31","slug":"tka-supports-lesothos-fight-against-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/tka-supports-lesothos-fight-against-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"T?KA Supports Lesotho&#8217;s Fight against COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/large\/4d2ebc2f06be561\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/large\/4d2ebc2f06be561\" alt=\"Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA)\" style=\"max-width:500px\" \/><\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/download\/4d2ebc2f06be561\">Download logo<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (T\u0130KA) provided protective equipment and hygiene products to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Relations of the Kingdom of Lesotho in order to fight against COVID-19.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>As part of the project, personal hygiene products such as masks, gloves, and disinfectants; fumigation machines and solution used to clean buildings; and the necessary protective clothing, which were believed to contribute greatly to the fight against COVID-19 as the Omicron variant spreads rapidly in South Africa, were&nbsp;delivered with a ceremony attended by Ms. Mat\u1e65epo Ramakoae, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Relations of Lesotho; Ms. Ay\u015feg&uuml;l Kanda\u015f, the Republic of Turkey&rsquo;s Ambassador to Pretoria; and Abdulkadir Abukan, T\u0130KA&rsquo;s Coordinator in Pretoria.<\/p>\n<p>In her speech at the ceremony, Ms. Ay\u015feg&uuml;l Kanda\u015f, the Republic of Turkey&rsquo;s Ambassador to Pretoria, underlined that T\u0130KA implemented projects in the fields of agriculture, education, women&rsquo;s empowerment, and infrastructure, as well as the fight against the pandemic, in Lesotho.<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Mat\u1e65epo Ramakoae, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Relations of Lesotho, also delivered a speech and said that this support was an indication of the ongoing good relations between the people of Turkey and Lesotho, just as other T\u0130KA projects and T&uuml;rkiye Scholarships.<\/p>\n<p><i>Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA).<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/\">Source: Africa Newsroom &#8211; APO<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Download logo Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (T\u0130KA) provided protective equipment and hygiene products to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Relations of the Kingdom of Lesotho in order to fight against COVID-19. 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