Waldner to announce EC support for reconstruction
European Commissioner for External Relations and European Neighbourhood
Policy, Benita Ferrero-Waldner, is scheduled to arrive in Sri Lanka
today on a brief visit.
The visit coincides with the Commission's preparation of
a post-tsunami reconstruction package worth 350 million Euros for the
region of which 100 million Euros will be provided to Sri Lanka.
On March 8 the Commissioner will travel outside Colombo
to look at first reconstruction efforts and express Europe's solidarity
with the Sri Lankan people.
In late July 2004 Ferrero-Waldner was nominated the
successor of Franz Fischler as Austria's European Commissioner.
She took office on November 22. Her portfolio is
External Relations and European Neighbourhood Policy. |