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Hungary to finance hospital construction in Syria
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Hungary plans to contribute 5 million euros towards building a hospital in Syria and construction will go ahead once the security situation allows, Péter Szijjártó, the foreign minister, said at a donor conference in Brussels on Wednesday.
During a break in the conference organised by the European Union and the United Nations, he said the investment would help pave the way for the swiftest possible repatriation of Syrians.
The situation in Syria and its settlement cannot be separated from the migration crisis in Europe, considering that conflicts in the region are among the main causes of migration, Szijjártó said.
The European Union should revise the priorities of its migration policy; instead of encouraging people to come to Europe, it should focus on eliminating the causes of migration and taking help to places where it is needed in order to allow people to stay at home or near their home, Szijjártó said.
Hungary is also paying its final instalment of the EU package for helping refugees stranded in Turkey.
The country will have contributed altogether 14.6 million euros with its last payment.
Hungary is calling for more financial aid to Turkey, Lebanon, Iraq and Jordan, considering that these countries are looking after millions of refugees, Szijjártó said.