Qatar Red Crescent (QRCS) and the Turkish Red Crescent on Saturday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to scale up cooperation for two years, building upon a previous one that enabled QRCS's presence in Turkey to secure relief aid into Syria, with logistical support from the Turkish side.
The MoU was signed in Doha by QRCS's President, Dr. Mohamed bin Ghanem Al-Ali Al-Maadheed, and the Turkish Red Crescent's President, Dr. Kerem Kinik. "Our partnership dates back to many years ago, but was formally documented only in 2009," said Dr. Al-Maadheed on the occasion of signing the MoU. "Under the new MoU, we will materialize cooperation in the form of larger-scale humanitarian operations for those in need," he explained. 
He emphasized the common humanitarian grounds shared by both organizations, through their work in conflict zones around the world. This, he claimed, requires a higher level of coordination in the field to serve humanity. "We work under the umbrella of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, and we are best helped by the strong relations between Qatar and Turkey," Dr. al-Maadheed pointed out. 
For his part, Dr. Kinik remarked, "We have been working with QRCS for many years in many regions, so we are very common in the same region and in the humanitarian sector as well, alleviating human suffering as we are taught by our religion. So, we are trying to provide fair humanitarian assistance for needy people everywhere, in Somalia, in Iraq, in Syria, in Myanmar, in West Africa like Qatar Red Crescent.
"QRCS is the strongest National Society in the moment, with a lot of international programs, offices, and staff allocated for international humanitarian operations, like us. We are jointly acting in a lot of crises like the Syrian crisis, the Somali crisis, and the Iraqi crisis. By this refreshment of the MoU, we would extend our strategic relationship globally, and we will act jointly and allocate more manpower and financial power to our joint programs. We will collaborate and cooperate according to this MoU globally,"Dr. Kinik said.
QRCS's President, Dr. Mohamed bin Ghanem Al-Ali Al-Maadheed, and the Turkish Red Crescent's President, Dr. Kerem Kinik reviewed bilateral humanitarian relations and the current humanitarian picture across the region, particularly in the war-torn Syria, which had over the past few years had missions of refugees and internally displaced people (IDPs).

Source: QNA