The recent flooding disasters in Morocco have drawn a generous response from several countries around the world. The latest, as the Middle East Online reports, is the government of Saudi Arabia.
Saudi King gives Morocco $100 million towards new fund to counter effects of natural catastrophes.
Saudi Arabia has given Morocco 100 million dollars towards a new fund to counter the effects of natural disasters, an official source said Tuesday in Rabat.
In heavy storms and flooding at the end of last month, 28 Moroccans were killed and 200 houses destroyed in various parts of the country. Two industrial zones were flooded in the port of Tangiers.
The gift from Saudi King Abdallah was aimed at "attenuating the effects of the bad weather in Morocco," the source said.
Morocco's King Mohammed VI has thanked the Saudi monarch and has decided on "the creation of a special fund to combat the effects of natural catastrophes," the official MAP news agency said.
Besides the Saudi gift, the fund will be financed by 1.1 billion dirhams (128 million dollars) from the Moroccan public. The money will be spent on rescue operations and aid to victims.Tags: Moroccan Morocco Fes, Maghreb news
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