"EU offers 'solidarity' to quake-hit Turkey
08 March 2010, 17:56 CET
— filed under: Headline1, Turkey, quake
(BRUSSELS) - The European Union on Monday tentatively offered to help would-be member Turkey 'as necessary,' following an earthquake that killed 57 people at the latest count.
European Commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso offered condolences and Brussels' 'solidarity' in a statement, inviting the bloc's foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton to 'keep me informed, so that assistance can be mobilised as necessary.'"
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