The Chargé d'Affaires, Dan Stoenescu says the bloc and its member states have gathered more than 50 million euros to provide aid and back rescue missions and first aid in both government-held and rebel-controlled parts of Syria.
abc.net.au/news/eu-says-unfair-to-be-accused-of-shirking-earthquake-aid-to-syria/101963636The European Union's envoy to Syria has said it was not fair to accuse the group of failing to provide enough help to Syrians following the earthquake that devastated large parts of Syria and Turkey last week.
A 30-tonne shipment of humanitarian aid from the Italian government landed in Beirut on Saturday en route to Damascus in the first European earthquake relief to Syria
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