“I am proud of the rapid response assistance mechanism”, said at the opening of the donors’ conference for Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia in Brussels, European Commissioner for Enlargement Stefan Fule.
“The EU member states have supported and participated in the rescue during the floods in Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. I would like to emphasize that Slovenia was the first that came to Bosnia and Herzegovina, and France was the last one to leave,” Fule said.
He also thanked other countries that are not EU members for help, such as the U.S., Russia, Norway, Belarus, etc.
“Nobody remained indifferent to the situation, all countries of the world offered their help,” Fule added.
He added that the aim of the conference is not only to collect pledges for assistance, but also the provision of policies and projects so that the countries could tackle with such disaster in future.
“Such improvements are expensive, but still not as expensive as repairing the damage caused by floods or other natural disasters,” concluded Fule.
(Source: Fena)
