Brussels: Europe and the Arabs
The European Union's foreign policy coordinator, Josep Borrell, announced during the two-day conference to support the Syrian people and countries in the region that the European Union's support for the benefit of the Syrian people in Syria and the region this year is estimated at 2 billion euros. Adding in his speech today at the ministerial meeting of the conference that "we have to ensure that pledges to provide assistance remain generous," and Luis Bueno, spokesman for the European Union in the Middle East and North Africa, quoted Borrell as saying, "We want progress in the process led by the United Nations Special Envoy under UN Resolution 2254 We continue to support us in this regard, Borrell added, according to Bueno, through his tweet on Twitter, "We must also maintain our commitment to justice and accountability for the crimes committed in Syria. The European Union is already studying how it can support a new mechanism to discover the fate and whereabouts of the missing," said the European Foreign Policy Coordinator. "We must work on a long-term solution to the situation of Syrian refugees. We refuse to use refugees for political reasons. Conditions for safe, dignified and voluntary return to Syria do not currently exist. The system has the main responsibility in this regard. We will continue to support our host communities.
The European Union will host the 7th Brussels Conference on "Supporting the Future of Syria and the Region" on Wednesday and Thursday
The Brussels conferences aim to achieve the dual objective of mobilizing humanitarian and financial aid for the Syrian people - those living in Syria as well as in neighboring countries - and for host communities in the wider region, while mobilizing the international community in support of a comprehensive and credible political solution to the Syrian conflict, in line with the Resolution Security Council 2254 (2015).
The activities were launched yesterday, Wednesday, through workshops in which representatives of international and regional organizations active in the field of providing humanitarian aid and others participated. The ministerial meeting of the conference was held today, June 15, in the European Council building in Brussels. The opening speech of the European and Foreign Policy Coordinator, Josep Borrell, will be followed by statements from the countries that host the largest A number of Syrian refugees in the region. The foreign ministers will then hold a political debate on multiple aspects of the Syrian crisis and funding pledges will be announced. At 5 p.m. the same day, the total amount of pledges from the international community to the Syrian people and host communities during this cycle will be announced