International aid to Lebanon of 253 million euros

The countries and international organizations participating in the Paris conference in support of Lebanon pledged to provide about 253 million euros in the short term to help the Lebanese people.

According to Arabiya Net, the statement of the donors ’conference for Lebanon, which was held remotely, organized by Paris, today, Sunday, called for a reliable and independent investigation into the Beirut port explosion.

at the end of the conference, today, Sunday, the statement called on the Lebanese authorities to quickly start reforms.

The final statement also called for a commitment to provide aid directly to the Lebanese, stressing the agreement to mobilize important resources for Lebanon within days.

The statement said that the international community will not fail the Lebanese people.

During his participation, Sunday, in the Lebanon conference, the US President, Donald Trump, said that America wants help, and that there is US international coordination to provide aid to the Lebanese people.

According to a White House statement, Trump called on the state of Lebanon for a full, transparent investigation and respect for peaceful protesters.

In a related context, French President Emmanuel Macron called on the international community to move quickly to help Lebanon after the big explosion that rocked the capital Beirut, warning of violence and chaos as anger escalates In the country against the political class.

15 heads of state and government are taking part in the conference, which was organized on the initiative of France and the United Nations to mobilize emergency aid to Lebanon.

From his summer residence in Briggson in the south of France, Macron announced at the outset of the conference that it is necessary to move quickly and effectively to reach this aid directly and with transparency on the ground to the population.

Generous help

Emmanuel Macron, the first foreign head of state to visit Lebanon after the Beirut port bombing, promised in the Lebanese capital, on Thursday, to provide quick and substantial assistance from the international community.

US President Donald Trump has pledged, more than once, to support the United States. And he wrote in a tweet, Saturday: Everyone wants to help after he spoke to the French President.

at the end of the Sunday sermon, Pope Francis renewed the call for generous aid to Lebanon ...