Qatar makes new pledge of $75 million to support humanitarian efforts in Syria

Doha: The State of Qatar has announced a contribution of USD 75 million to support humanitarian efforts and interventions for the Syrian people, addin...

Doha: The State of Qatar has announced a contribution of USD 75 million to support humanitarian efforts and interventions for the Syrian people, adding to its contributions over the past years.

This came in Qatar's speech delivered by Minister of State for International Cooperation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs HE Lolwah bint Rashid Al Khater, before the Syria donors conference held today in Brussels, Belgium.

HE Minister of State for International Cooperation expressed hope that the conference would result in appropriate financial commitments and that the multiplicity of humanitarian crises would not affect the pledges towards Syria and its people.

Her Excellency emphasized the importance and necessity of continuing this conference and all efforts aimed at mobilizing financial support and encouraging donors to persist, pointing out the need to face the facts and say that there has been an international and regional entrenchment of displacement and division.

Her Excellency explained that this entrenchment began years ago with policies that prolonged the conflict on a no-winner, no-loser basis. She pointed out that this continued to the present day with entrenched verbal positions that reality has surpassed, making the Syrian issue a seasonal topic without genuine and effective international and regional efforts to find practical and fundamental solutions.