Azerbaijani FM Pays Visit To Belgium (UPDATE)
Date
3/20/2023 3:06:56 AM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) Details added: first version posted on 09:41
BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 20. Azerbaijan's
Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov has paid a visit to Belgium,
trend reports
referring to the Foreign Ministry.
According to the ministry, Bayramov will take part in the
international donor conference themed 'Together for the people of
Türkiye and Syria' in Brussels.
The conference to be jointly organized by the EU Commission and
EU's term president, Sweden, is being launched to get pledges from
the international institutions, financial bodies, countries, and
other relevant institutions for Türkiye and Syria, which have been
severely hit by the earthquakes of Feb. 6.
The donors' conference will be opened by European Commission
President Ursula von der Leyen and Swedish Prime Minister Ulf
Kristersson. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will address
the conference online.
It will seek coordinated action and financial assistance to both
Türkiye and Syria, where tens of thousands of people were killed
and a score of cities were destroyed. Recovery and reconstruction
of the cities in Türkiye are estimated to cost around $100
billion.
A 7.7-magnitude earthquake hit southeastern Türkiye on Feb. 6,
2023. The earthquake occurred at a depth of seven kilometers in the
Pazarcik region of Kahramanmaras Province. The provinces of Hatay,
Gaziantep, Kilis, Osmaniye, Malatya, Adiyaman, Sanliurfa,
Diyarbakir, Adana, and Kahramanmaras were subjected to severe
destruction. The quake death toll has reached 49,589.
As a result of the Türkiye earthquake, strong tremors were also
felt in Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, and Cyprus.
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