Hungary to send containers to earthquake-hit Croatia
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Hungarian oil and gas company Mol is sending 50 living and 6 sanitary containers to serve as temporary accommodation for those whose houses were damaged in recent earthquakes in central Croatia, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said on Friday.
Speaking in Petrinja, the city nearest the epicentre of several quakes that have shaken the country since December 29, Szijjártó offered Hungary’s solidarity and sympathy to Croatia, and condolences to the families of the victims.
The containers, which can accommodate up to fifty families, are worth a total of 45 million forints (EUR 125,000), Szijjártó added.
The minister noted that Hungarian church and civil charity groups, Hungarian companies with a presence in Croatia as well as government aid agencies had all rushed to send aid to the country’s earthquake-hit areas immediately after the disasters had struck.
The first two living containers have already arrived at their destination, with the rest due to arrive sometime next week, Szijjártó said. As the biggest investor in Croatia, Mol feels an obligation to help those devastated by the disaster, he added.