EU to host Syria conference in Brussels next month

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March 06 2017 02:34 AM

EU to host Syria conference in Brussels next month | iNFOnews.ca — EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini, center, talks with Germany's Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen, right, and Germany's Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel during an EU Foreign and Defense ministers meeting at the EU Council building in Brussels, Monday, March 6, 2017. The European Union is set to give the greenlight to establish a headquarters for its military training missions in Somalia, Mali and the Central African Republic. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

Original Publication Date: March 6, 2017 2:34AM

Publication Updated: April 26, 2025 2:33PM

BRUSSELS – The European Union’s foreign policy chief says the EU will host a conference on Syria next month, following up on a meeting in London last year at which leaders pledged more than $10 billion to help fund schools, shelter and jobs for refugees.

Federica Mogherini said Monday that the conference on “supporting the future of Syria and the region” will be held in Brussels on April 5. It will be co-chaired with the United Nations and the governments of Germany, Kuwait, Norway, Qatar and Britain.

The initial aid conference was held in London in February 2016. Mogherini said one of the aims will be “checking where we are with the pledges … to support Syrians inside Syria and in the neighbouring countries.”