British ambassador to Turkey refutes UK media's claims that Turkish aid to the country was unusable
and Sky News ran new reports pointing out flaws at the Turkish aid to the UK, saying 400,000 PPE sets from Turkey were unusable. “Stories in the UK media that 400K items of PPE sent from Turkey are unusable are untrue,” the British Ambassador to Turkey, Dominick Chilcott,The BBC claimed that a batch of 400,000 PPE sent from a Turkish private company were ‘useless’ and didn’t meet the safety standards of the UK.
“We have received part of an order of around 400,000 gowns from a private supplier in Turkey. While a small number of these gowns have failed tests in the UK, more have passed tests making them suitable for use in the NHS,” the said, echoing the Downing Street “The majority of items ordered from the private supplier are awaiting testing in the UK and Turkish Warehouses,” the statement added.
“Out of solidarity with the UK authorities, the Turkish government ignored an export ban to authorize this sale. However, no part of the Turkish government was involved in producing, packaging, or delivering the said equipment to the UK,” Turkish officials said. The dispute took place between the private company which produced the gowns and the UK. So, the issue related to the gowns and Turkey’s previous aid to the UK are separate issues.
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