Donor conference of assistance to victims of earthquakes in Turkey and Syria will take place on March 16 in Brussels.
This was stated before the meeting of the EU foreign ministers by the Sweden Foreign Minister Tobias Billstroem.
“The donor conference will take place here (in Brussels – Ed.) On March 16, – he said.” We expect that many will take part in it. We also hope that we can collect as much money as possible for people from these countries ” .
Earthquakes of magnitude 7.7 and 7.6 occurred on February 6 in the province of Kazakhmanmarash in the southeast of Turkey and led to large-scale destruction in 10 provinces of the republic. The underground shocks, followed by more than 6 thousand aftershok, were also felt in neighboring countries, of which Syria was most affected. In Turkey, over 41 thousand people are listed, more than 108 thousand were injured.