Iran Press/Asia: Turkish Defense Minister General Halusi Akar congratulated Major General Bagheri, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran, on the success over containing the Coronavirus and the treatment of patients.
In a telephone call, the Turkish Defense Minister praised the armed forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran's progress of containing Coronavirus in Iran and presented actions of the Turkish Armed Forces and government in managing and combating the Coronavirus.
He called for the exchange of successful experiences in the scientific, professional and executive fields between the armed forces of the two countries in this regard.
In this telephone call, Major General Mohammad Bagheri, Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Iran, presented a report on the statistics of patients and recovering people and the latest situation of coronavirus in the country and the process of confronting and combating it.
Bagheri noted: "Despite the outbreak of the coronavirus in the Islamic Republic of Iran after China, despite US economic and inhuman sanctions against the Islamic Republic of Iran, due to the existence of significant capacities and capabilities of the healthcare system in the Islamic Republic of Iran and the tireless and day-to-day efforts of the healthcare staff, as well as extensive participation along with the effective role of the armed forces and the government, and the voluntary presence of more than one million people in the popular mobilization, great successes have been made so far in combating the outbreak of the coronavirus."
He added: "The Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran, in addition to health and medical measures and conducting scientific research and production of health equipment, have so far hospitalized and treated 8,000 COVID-19 patients."
Major General Bagheri also said to Turkish officials that in addition to the above services, Iran's armed forces provided 3,000 hospital beds, about 11,000 recovery beds for patients, and NBS units are deployed in 3,000 locations across the country to clean up and disinfect centers, public thoroughfares, and facilities and buildings.
In the end, Major General Bagheri announced the readiness of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran to transfer the successful experiences of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the fight against the coronavirus to the Armed Forces of Turkey and other countries.
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