Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billström said that the EU conference to raise funds for earthquake victims in Turkey and Syria will be held in Brussels on 16 March. It has been reported Anadolu Agency.
Sweden plans to hold a donations conference in Brussels with the European Commission acting as the rotating EU presidency.
“Our aim is to try to do everything possible to provide additional support to people in Turkey and Syria and to mitigate the dire consequences of this earthquake,” Billström said.
Previously reportedThe number of people who lost their lives in earthquakes in Turkey rose to 41 thousand 156.
On February 6, 7.7 and 7.6 magnitude earthquakes occurred in the province of Kahramanmaraş in southeast Turkey. According to AFAD, 6,414 aftershocks were recorded after the earthquakes. According to experts, more than 1 million buildings were damaged. 392,287 people were evacuated from the emergency zone.