Athens offers support to earthquake-hit Italy

Xinhua — The Greek government expressed solidarity with earthquake-stricken Italian people and offered support after the latest strong tremor measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale which hit the neighbouring country on Sunday.

“We express our solidarity with our Italian brothers in these difficult times they are going through,” the Greek Foreign Ministry tweeted in Greek and Italian.

Defense Minister Panos Kammenos contacted his Italian counterpart Roberta Pinotti, expressing Greece’s readiness to provide assistance if it is requested, Greek national news agency AMNA reported.