EU ministers meeting in Brussels on Friday approved arms deliveries
to Kurdish fighters and increases in humanitarian aid to Iraqis fleeing
the rapid advance of Islamist militants.
At an emergency meeting in Brussels of the bloc’s 28 foreign ministers, diplomats pledged to step up their efforts to help those displaced by the advances of militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS or ISIL), which now calls itself the Islamic State (IS).
Several nations announced that they would supply dozens of tonnes of aid to northern Iraq over the coming days.
“First of all we need to make sure that we alleviate humanitarian suffering,” Dutch Foreign Minister Frans Timmermans told reporters. “Secondly, I believe we need to make sure that IS is not in a position to overrun the Kurds or to take a stronger hold on Iraq.”
France has pledged to ship weapons to the Kurds while Britain will deliver ammunition and military supplies. Germany, the Netherlands and other EU nations said they would also be considering requests to arm the Kurds.
Read more: Europe - EU ministers vow to aid Iraq in fight against ISIS militants - France 24
At an emergency meeting in Brussels of the bloc’s 28 foreign ministers, diplomats pledged to step up their efforts to help those displaced by the advances of militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS or ISIL), which now calls itself the Islamic State (IS).
Several nations announced that they would supply dozens of tonnes of aid to northern Iraq over the coming days.
“First of all we need to make sure that we alleviate humanitarian suffering,” Dutch Foreign Minister Frans Timmermans told reporters. “Secondly, I believe we need to make sure that IS is not in a position to overrun the Kurds or to take a stronger hold on Iraq.”
France has pledged to ship weapons to the Kurds while Britain will deliver ammunition and military supplies. Germany, the Netherlands and other EU nations said they would also be considering requests to arm the Kurds.
Read more: Europe - EU ministers vow to aid Iraq in fight against ISIS militants - France 24
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