Turkey's senior delegation heads for New Zealand following terror attack

ANKARA, March 16 (Xinhua) -- A news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">news.cn/en/tag/i0xjfaz3c0d02d6e34a9ef/index.html" target="_blank">Turkish senior delegation on Saturday headed for news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">new Zealand following the deadly mosque terror attack.

news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">news.cn/en/tag/i0xjfaz3c0d02d6e34a9ef/index.html" target="_blank">Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay and Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, upon instructions from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, will express their condolences and show Turkey's solidarity with news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">new Zealand, said news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">news.cn/en/tag/i0xjfaz3c0d02d6e34a9ef/index.html" target="_blank">Turkish Foreign Ministry in a statement.

Speaking at an Istanbul airport before leaving for news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">new Zealand early on Saturday, Oktay called on the international community to take effective measures against "Islamophobia, xenophobia and racism."

"Turkey will stand by news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">new Zealand in its fight against terrorism," he stressed.

On Friday, five major parties in Turkey's parliament released a joint declaration condemning the two mosque attacks in Christchurch, news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">new Zealand that left at least 49 people dead.