(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) A number of EU member states which have offered assistance to Serbia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina has risen to 19 in response to record-breaking floods which have caused widespread devastation, an EU official said Tuesday.
Kristalina Georgieva, Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response, has arrived in Belgrade earlier today from where she will meet with the government, civil protection authorities and some of the 200 European rescuers who are now working around the clock.
"Serbia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina will also need help to reconstruct damaged infrastructure and restore public services as well as to get people back into their homes. In this next phase of the relief effort we will also be there with them," she added.
After her visit to Serbia, the EU Commissioner will also travel to Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia.
Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina are seeing the worst floods in more than a century. The two Balkan countries requested assistance from the EU.
Serbia asked for high capacity water pumps and teams operating them, boats and rescue helicopters, while Bosnia and Herzegovina requested helicopters and motor boats to evacuate people and to transport water, medicines and food.
Additionally, Bosnia and Herzegovina sent a request for pumps, generators, tents, humidity dryers, water purification sets, gas heaters for tents, and sanitation items.
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