The international donor conference for the victims of the major earthquakes in Turkey and Syria will take place on Thursday 16 March in Brussels. The European Commission announced this on Monday.
“The purpose of this donor conference is to raise resources and coordinate support for the relief and reconstruction of the affected regions in both countries,” a spokeswoman for the Commission announced Monday.
The Commission had already announced that it would organize a donor conference in cooperation with the Swedish Presidency of the European Union. Member States, neighboring countries, UN members, international financial institutions and other stakeholders are welcome in Brussels.
Fourteen days after the devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria, about 47,000 people have already died.
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