European Union High Representative Josep Borrell confirmed on Thursday the pledge he made last year of the sum of 1.5 billion euro for 2023 for the Syrians and a sum of 560 million euro for the year 2024.
“I am pleased to confirm the pledge I made last year on behalf of the European Union of 1.5 billion euro (USD 1.6 billion) for the benefit of Syrians in Syria, and of refugees and their host communities in the region, for this calendar year 2023,” he said in his opening remarks to the 7th Brussels ministerial conference on Syria.
“I am also able to pledge that for calendar year 2024 the European Union will make available 560 million euro (USD 606 million),” he noted, Borrell stressed that the European Union will not waver in its commitment to UNSC resolution 2254, for a political solution to a future Syria of rights and democracy. “Let me be clear. The conditions are not in place for the European Union to change its policy on Syria, Member States are united on that. It will maintain and has recently actually intensified its targeting by sanctions of the Syrian regime,” he stressed.
He added that the purpose of the annual Brussels conferences has “always been to show a beacon of hope for the Syrian people. We are here to today to help keep that hope alive. I hope that we will continue to seek a way forward. ” “Our presence today demonstrates that the international community will stand with the Syrian people and keep alive its determination to achieve a just and peaceful Syria. Today, we have to reiterate our commitment. The commitment of the international community to the future of the Syrian people,” he concluded.
Source: Kuwait News Agency
