(VOVworld) - One thousand EU citizens are still unaccounted for in Nepal, diplomats said Friday, almost a week after a massive earthquake that has claimed more than 6,300 lives and left survivors desperate for aid.

Nepal after the earthquake

The Europeans had mostly been climbing in the avalanche-hit Everest region and trekking in the remote Langtang range in the Himalayas near the epicentre of the quake that ripped up infrastructure and left tens of thousands homeless. EU ambassador to Nepal Rensje Teerink told reporters in the devastated capital Kathmandu, confirming that those European people are still missing but their status is still undefined.