16 minutes agoGermany gives 1 billion euros to Syria
Periskopi(8 years ago)
(8 years ago)Berlin will assist Syria and refugees in the region, with a total of 1 billion euros. The United Nations has urgently asked other countries to contribute to aid, as 13 million people need emergencies. Germany's Foreign Minister, Heiko Maas, has declared on Wednesday that Germany wants [...]
Germany's Foreign Minister Heiko Maas has declared on Wednesday that Germany will help Syria and neighbouring states that have sheltered Syrian refugees with $1 billion euros (1.22 billion).
“Exactly in Syria live more than 13 million people who need humanitarian aid,” said Maas.
“We should not just leave the Syrian people,” he added.
The foreign minister has declared that a 300m-euro aid issued by Germany will be finalised this summer, reports “DW” Transmission Periscope.
Germany is concerned over “the protection of civilian people,” Maas stressed that Germany was the “firmly set for the” effort to resume the political process to resolve the conflict.
Germany is Syria's largest supporter, helping it with 4.5 billion euros since 2012.
Hundreds of thousands of people have been killed during the seven-year civil conflict in Syria. Millions of Syrians have been forced to leave their homes to take refuge in Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, and Germany./Periscopi/
