٠٠:٠٣:٠٦European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen pledged that her organisation would provide material support to quake-hit countries Turkey and Syria, while speaking in Brussels, on Monday.
“I am pleased to announce that the European Commission alone will support Turkey with 1 billion euros for the post-earthquake reconstruction. We also pledged a further package of 108 million euro for humanitarian assistance and early recovery in Syria,” she said.
Von der Leyen also referenced the large number of residents who lost their homes during February's disasters and called for the officials to ‘mobilise for reconstruction’.
Meanwhile, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke via videolink and gave more details on the earthquake aftermath in several cities of Turkey.
“11 cities within the earthquake zone estimated to have 298 thousand destroyed, to be destroyed immediately and heavily damaged buildings, 876 thousand independent buildings that can’t be used. From our initial calculations, the destruction this earthquake has caused reached 104 billion dollars,” he said.
Erdogan pledged that Turkey would welcome refugees 'from Syria to Ukraine' and added that his country was providing shelter for 3.5 million Syrians and ‘in total 4 million refugees’ in Turkey.
On February 6, two powerful earthquakes rocked Kahramanmaras, Hatay, Adıyaman, Gaziantep, Malatya, Diyarbakir, Sanliurfa, Kilis, Adana and Osmaniye in Turkey, as well as many areas of Syria.
According to the United Nations, more than 50,000 people have been confirmed killed across both countries, with many thousands missing and hundreds of thousands homeless.
It marks Turkey’s deadliest earthquake in modern history, surpassing the 1939 disaster in Erzincan which killed nearly 33,000.
Belgium: European Commission pledges 1bln euros to help with reconstruction in Turkey after deadly earthquakes
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen pledged that her organisation would provide material support to quake-hit countries Turkey and Syria, while speaking in Brussels, on Monday.
“I am pleased to announce that the European Commission alone will support Turkey with 1 billion euros for the post-earthquake reconstruction. We also pledged a further package of 108 million euro for humanitarian assistance and early recovery in Syria,” she said.
Von der Leyen also referenced the large number of residents who lost their homes during February's disasters and called for the officials to ‘mobilise for reconstruction’.
Meanwhile, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke via videolink and gave more details on the earthquake aftermath in several cities of Turkey.
“11 cities within the earthquake zone estimated to have 298 thousand destroyed, to be destroyed immediately and heavily damaged buildings, 876 thousand independent buildings that can’t be used. From our initial calculations, the destruction this earthquake has caused reached 104 billion dollars,” he said.
Erdogan pledged that Turkey would welcome refugees 'from Syria to Ukraine' and added that his country was providing shelter for 3.5 million Syrians and ‘in total 4 million refugees’ in Turkey.
On February 6, two powerful earthquakes rocked Kahramanmaras, Hatay, Adıyaman, Gaziantep, Malatya, Diyarbakir, Sanliurfa, Kilis, Adana and Osmaniye in Turkey, as well as many areas of Syria.
According to the United Nations, more than 50,000 people have been confirmed killed across both countries, with many thousands missing and hundreds of thousands homeless.
It marks Turkey’s deadliest earthquake in modern history, surpassing the 1939 disaster in Erzincan which killed nearly 33,000.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen pledged that her organisation would provide material support to quake-hit countries Turkey and Syria, while speaking in Brussels, on Monday.
“I am pleased to announce that the European Commission alone will support Turkey with 1 billion euros for the post-earthquake reconstruction. We also pledged a further package of 108 million euro for humanitarian assistance and early recovery in Syria,” she said.
Von der Leyen also referenced the large number of residents who lost their homes during February's disasters and called for the officials to ‘mobilise for reconstruction’.
Meanwhile, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke via videolink and gave more details on the earthquake aftermath in several cities of Turkey.
“11 cities within the earthquake zone estimated to have 298 thousand destroyed, to be destroyed immediately and heavily damaged buildings, 876 thousand independent buildings that can’t be used. From our initial calculations, the destruction this earthquake has caused reached 104 billion dollars,” he said.
Erdogan pledged that Turkey would welcome refugees 'from Syria to Ukraine' and added that his country was providing shelter for 3.5 million Syrians and ‘in total 4 million refugees’ in Turkey.
On February 6, two powerful earthquakes rocked Kahramanmaras, Hatay, Adıyaman, Gaziantep, Malatya, Diyarbakir, Sanliurfa, Kilis, Adana and Osmaniye in Turkey, as well as many areas of Syria.
According to the United Nations, more than 50,000 people have been confirmed killed across both countries, with many thousands missing and hundreds of thousands homeless.
It marks Turkey’s deadliest earthquake in modern history, surpassing the 1939 disaster in Erzincan which killed nearly 33,000.