Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, who currently chairs the Council of the European Union, announced that members of the international donor conference in Brussels raised €7 billion for citizens affected by the devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria in February. It gives information about TASS.
Total contributions amounted to 7 billion euros.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has previously expressed his gratitude to the community and stressedNo country can cope with consequences of this magnitude alone. according to that
Previously, the number of deaths from strong earthquakes in Turkey was known. exceeded 50 thousand people. Among them – more than 6.6 thousand. foreigners.
On February 6, two powerful earthquakes with a magnitude of 7.7 and 7.6 occurred in southeast Turkey, tremors devastated neighboring countries, including Syria. Aftershocks then shook the country.