EU chief Ursula von der Leyen on Thursday announced $1 billion in aid for Lebanon during a visit to the crisis-hit country and urged it to tackle illegal migration to the bloc.
The European Union has offered Lebanon a financial package of 1 billion euros ($1.07 billion) to support its faltering economy and its security forces, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Thursday during a visit to Beirut.
The European Commission has promised Lebanon financial aid totalling around €1 billion ($1.07 billion) in order to stop the flow into the European Union of refugees from Syria currently living there.
The European Union is providing Lebanon with $1 billion in aid with the goal of stopping the crisis-hit eastern Mediterranean country from turning into a new route of migrants into Europe.
A support package from the European Union worth €1 billion ($1.07 billion) is to be announced on Thursday in Lebanon by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides,