Three million Euros for quake-affected in #Syria and #Turkey provided by #Austria
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#Austrian government announced Wednesday donating three million euros from External Disaster Fund of Foreign Affairs Ministry for the affected by the devastating earthquake hit #Syria and #Turkey recently.
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"Providing humanitarian assistance & support in disasters has become more important now, so Austria will provide three million euros from the disaster fund to relief organizations there", Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement Wednesday.
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Austrian Vice Chancellor Werner Kugler said ‘We stand by the affected people in Syria & Turkey in this difficult situation, as scale of destruction is also evident in NW Syria & SW Turkey, stressing his concern about reports regarding the situation there due to the quake. 
For his part, Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg said that out of three million euros, 2 million euros will go to the Red Cross and Red Crescent Organizations, and one million euros to the UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
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He added that the quake hit Syria and Turkey caused disastrous damage in addition to the suffering of hundreds of thousands of people.
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