Sweden pledges extra aid for war-torn Syria
Sweden has earmarked 1.5 billion kronor ($174 million) in aid to Syria for the coming years, the country’s foreign and development aid ministers revealed on Monday.
Writing in newspaper Svenska Dagbladet, Foreign Minister Margot Wallström and Minister for International Development Cooperation Isabella Lövin said Sweden was committed to a long-term, flexible aid strategy in the war-torn Middle Eastern country.
The ministers did not give an exact time frame for the disbursement of the aid money but said it would be used to “alleviate suffering, support democratic forces and assuage the consequences for neighbouring countries.”
Sweden would have representatives in place in Kuwait this week for a donor conference on Syria, the minsters said.
“As the conflict is worsening and is increasingly spreading to neighbouring countries, Sweden is pledging 350 million kronor at the conference on Tuesday in humanitarian support for the Syria crisis in 2015.”
This was an increase from last year, when Sweden gave 270 million kronor in humanitarian aid, the ministers said.
Sweden was continuing to work closely with the United Nations to improve conditions for refugees fleeing Syrian war zones, the ministers said.
They added that Sweden would commit extra resources to protect women and girls from forced marriages, kidnappings and sexual violence.
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Writing in newspaper Svenska Dagbladet, Foreign Minister Margot Wallström and Minister for International Development Cooperation Isabella Lövin said Sweden was committed to a long-term, flexible aid strategy in the war-torn Middle Eastern country.
The ministers did not give an exact time frame for the disbursement of the aid money but said it would be used to “alleviate suffering, support democratic forces and assuage the consequences for neighbouring countries.”
Sweden would have representatives in place in Kuwait this week for a donor conference on Syria, the minsters said.
“As the conflict is worsening and is increasingly spreading to neighbouring countries, Sweden is pledging 350 million kronor at the conference on Tuesday in humanitarian support for the Syria crisis in 2015.”
This was an increase from last year, when Sweden gave 270 million kronor in humanitarian aid, the ministers said.
Sweden was continuing to work closely with the United Nations to improve conditions for refugees fleeing Syrian war zones, the ministers said.
They added that Sweden would commit extra resources to protect women and girls from forced marriages, kidnappings and sexual violence.
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