France stands ready to help Morocco after a powerful earthquake late on Friday killed over 2,000 and is awaiting a formal request for help, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Sunday.
"Our embassy in Morocco is fully mobilised...today Moroccan authorities are in charge... An assessment is under way... At this stage Morocco has not asked for help," Anne-Claire Legendre told BFM television.on Saturday to Morocco, saying France stood ready to help rescue efforts.
One French citizen died and eight were injured in the earthquake, a French Foreign Ministry official confirmed on Saturday.Reporting by Dominique Vidalon;Editing by Elaine Hardcastle
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