EU to allocate 400M euros to Türkiye

The EU will provide Türkiye with 400 million euros in financial assistance to eliminate the consequences of the earthquake, Report informs referring to the Council of the EU.

The Council of the European Union accepted the proposal of the European Commission to allocate 454.8 million euros to eliminate the consequences of natural disasters in Türkiye, Romania and Italy.

Financial assistance will be allocated from the EU budget for 2023.

Of the total amount of financial assistance, 33.9 million euros will be allocated to Romania to combat severe and widespread drought; 20.9 million euros to Italy to help combat the consequences of floods that affected the central regions of the country in September 2022. In addition, 400 million euros are intended to provide assistance to Türkiye in connection with major earthquakes that occurred in the south of the country in the regions of Kahramanmaras and Hatay in February 2023, the EU Council said in a statement.