Turkey would welcome EU aid on refugees, but not a solution

Written By DNA Web Team | Updated: Oct 06, 2015, 08:24 PM IST

Hundreds of refugees wait for their registration at Berlins central registration centre for refugees and asylum seekers LaGeSo.

Turkey's Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekc said it would welcome EU aid on refugees

Turkey would welcome a financial contribution from the European Union to ease the strain of taking in more than 2 million refugees, but that would "not be a solution" to the crisis, Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekci said on Tuesday.

Zeybekci was speaking at a news conference at the conclusion of a meeting of trade ministers from the Group of 20 (G20) held in Istanbul.

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