The government will dispatch a Korea Disaster Relief Team to Morocco which has been devastated by a powerful earthquake that has killed more than 28-hundred people. 

Foreign ministry spokesperson Lim Soo-suk told reporters on Tuesday that the government will send a team mainly consisting of medical staff.  The government also vowed to provide Morocco with two million dollars in humanitarian aid, including relief supplies. 

The government relayed to Morocco its intent to provide such assistance via diplomatic channels. 

Seoul and Rabat are currently coordinating views on the size of the relief team and the dispatch date. 

The government believes it’s more efficient to provide medical support for the injured and displaced rather than assisting search and rescue efforts given that the first 72 hours for finding survivors has passed and it would take the Korean team at least 18 hours to reach Marrakesh where the quake occurred.

Lim conveyed Seoul’s deepest condolences to the Moroccan government and people over the latest tragedy and stressed that Seoul will work closely with Rabat and the international community toward swift recovery operations.