The French presidency said this amount is including 30 million
euros from France
French organisers
say international donors have pledged a total of 252.7 million euro ($298 million)
in emergency aid during conference for Lebanon.
The French presidency said this amount is including 30 million euros from
France. Donors promised to provide emergency aid focusing on medicine and
hospitals, schools, food and housing.
French President
Emmanuel Macron, who was the first foreign leader to visit Lebanon after Beirut
devastating explosion, co-organised the conference with the United Nations on
Sunday.
International
leaders, government officials and international organisation participated,
including President Donald
Trump.
The rebuilding
needs of Lebanon
are immense, but so is the question of how to ensure the millions of dollars
promised in international aid is not diverted in a country notorious for
missing money, invisible infrastructure projects and its refusal to open the
books.
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