Advertisements“We’re discussing about €55 million, which later on we intend to expand, if things go well, to €100 million for Mindanao and Marawi. It’s for Mindanao and our special focus is on Marawi,” EU Ambassador to the Philippines Franz Jessen told reporters on Thursday. “They [EU states] don’t look at the country as divided into regions … they look at it as one country and it’s important that there is peace and stability throughout the country,” Jessen said. “When we support Mindanao, we want the money to go to Mindanao. Jessen said all aid deals have conditionalities and one particular concern for the EU involves corruption.

Source: Manila Times October 26, 2017 17:10 UTC