The European Union is allocating EUR 33 million in emergency aid to Lebanon to rebuild the country after the blast in Beirut, the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen said in a phone talk with Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab.

According to her, the decision on the provision of further help will be made by the European Commission under the humanitarian situation on the ground, DW reported.

The EU has already dispatched over a hundred specialists and medical equipment to Lebanon to provide help.

Besides, the two discussed the possibility of providing Lebanon with long-term EU aid in the process of rebuilding the country.