Earthquakes: European Union announces one billion euros in aid for Turkey
Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersoon speaks during the Donors' Conference after the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria, in Brussels, March 20, 2023. AFP - JOHN THYS
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The European Commission pledged €108 billion in reconstruction aid in Turkey and €6 million in humanitarian aid to Syria at an international pledging conference in Brussels. This promise comes in the wake of the devastating earthquake of <> February.
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It was the president of the European executive, Ursula von der Leyen, who announced it on Monday 20 March. One billion euros in aid was promised to Turkey after the earthquake that hit that country and Syria.
The @EU_Commission will support the people in Türkiye with €1 billion for reconstruction.
We will also provide €108 million for humanitarian aid and early recovery in Syria.
Additional pledges are expected from #TeamEurope#TogetherForSyria#TogetherForTurkiye pic.twitter.com/eXo612thWW
— Ursula von der Leyen (@vonderleyen) March 20, 2023
The cost of the damage caused in Turkey by the devastating earthquake of February 6 will reach "some 104 billion dollars", Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan estimated Monday, speaking via video link at an international donors' conference in Brussels.
« It is impossible to fight a disaster of this magnitude alone »
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Regardless of its economic status, it is impossible for a country to fight a disaster of this magnitude alone. " said the leader. This, about this earthquake that killed 50,096 people in Turkey and nearly 6,000 in Syria.
The European Commission will provide €108 million in humanitarian assistance to Syria, which was also affected by the earthquake. In Syria, the damage is estimated at $8.9 billion by the UN, and the cost of emergency repairs at $14.8 billion. Millions of people have seen their homes destroyed in the earthquake-affected area in south-east Turkey and northern Syria, home to a large refugee population or displaced by the Syrian conflict.
Germany announced that it would double its aid to the victims of the earthquake, bringing it to 240 million euros, and the France that it added 12 million to the thirty million already announced for Turkey and Syria.
► Read also: Earthquakes: the stakes and challenges of the delivery of aid in Syria
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With AFP)
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