LIVE UPDATES: Death Toll From Earthquake in Turkiye Jumps to 35,418, Erdogan Says

Officials with the health ministry have also indicated the injured tally has reached 2,357

This is Mirzoyan's second visit to Turkey, earlier he participated in the Diplomatic Forum in Antalya and held closed talks with his Turkish counterpart.

Earlier in the day, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov met with the leader of the Syrian People's Will Party and Moscow opposition platform, Qadri Jamil, to discuss humanitarian assistance to Syria following the natural disaster.

Up to 4.1 million people in northwestern Syria, or over 90% of the population, depended on humanitarian aid even before the disaster hit, according to WFP.

"Today, I am announcing that the United Nations is launching a $397 million humanitarian appeal for the people of earthquake-ravaged Syria. This will cover a period of three months," Guterres told journalists.

He called the earthquake in Turkiye the worst natural disaster in the European region in the last 100 years, the scale of which has yet to be assessed.

Turkish Energy Minister Fatih Donmez said Tuesday that the work to restore electricity and natural gas supply to Turkiye's earthquake-hit provinces was "mostly complete," with 10,000 energy specialists participating in rescue operations nonstop.

"The work to restore electricity and natural gas in earthquake-affected provinces is mostly complete. The energy ministry's teams are working in the disaster zone, including a large number of miners. About 10,000 energy specialists are involved in rescue operations around the clock," Donmez was quoted by Turkish news agency as saying.

The minister noted that the biggest damage was recorded in the Turkish provinces of Hatay, Kahramanmaras and Adiyaman.

"The restoration work will be completed as soon as possible. But this requires an assessment of the damage. Particularly in the case of the natural gas supply. We cannot restore gas until we have done a proper inspection of the building and the network. Our employees are working day and night in the disaster area," Donmez added.

The death toll from the devastating earthquake in Turkey has reached 31,974, the Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) said on Tuesday.

Previous reports indicated 31,643 deaths.

Russian rescuers are completing search and rescue operations in earthquake-affected Turkey and Syria and are beginning to leave the disaster zone, Russian Minister for Civil Defence, Emergencies and Elimination of Consequences of Natural Disasters Alexander Kurenkov said on Tuesday.

"The search and rescue operation is coming to an end. Heavy equipment has been involved in clearing the rubble. In this regard, the president has made a decision [to withdraw] the group of the Russian Emergencies Ministry," Kurenkov said during a teleconference with emergency response teams in Turkey and Syria.

Kurenkov noted that Russia was one of the first to help Turkey and Syria cope with the consequences of the February 6 earthquake.

The emergency response teams told Kurenkov that in Turkey, they rescued six people and provided assistance to more than 830 victims, while in Syria, rescuers saved the lives of three people.

Two people were rescued from rubble in Turkiye 198 hours after the devastating earthquakes hit the country's southeast, Turkish media reported on Tuesday.

According to Turkish media broadcaster, people were rescued in the province of Kahramanmaras, which was the epicenter of the earthquake.