The newly appointed Donald Trump administration, which was newly appointed, is reportedly frozen all external assistance, including assistance to Ukraine, except for Israel and Egypt.
According to AFP News, the United States, the world’s largest aid, has not frozen emergency food and military funds for Israel and Egypt.
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In the internal memo quoted in the report, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said, “Until the proposed new benefits and extensions are considered and approved, new benefits and extension of existing benefits are new. There is no obligation to invest money. “
This movement is in line with US President Donald Trump, which has a “US first” policy that strictly restricts overseas support.
This order is expected to affect everything from development assistance to military assistance, among which President Trump’s predecessor, Joe Biden administration, to fight Russian invasion. It also includes Ukraine who received the weapon.
According to AFP reports, this command also stops at least a few months of US funding to Pepfar, an anti -HIV/AIDS countermeasure that purchases anti -HIV/AIDS treatments mainly in developing countries in Africa. It is said that it is.
Pepfar, launched under President George W. Bush in 2003, has saved about 26 million lives and has recently enjoyed the support of a wide range of people along the Washington party.
Israel and Egypt are exempted
The memo has clearly stipulated the exception of military assistance to Israel, and the long -standing US main weapon package to Israel has been expanding since the Gaza War. Egypt, which has received generous defense funds from the United States since the Peace Treaty with Israel in 1979, has been exempted from this measure.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio also made an exception to the US contributions to the United States, controlled by the United States in response to crises around the world, including Sudan and Syria.
With this memo, the Ministry of State will provide exceptions for other case -by -case basis and temporarily cover the salaries to staff and other management expenses.
According to the report, the memo had called for all external assistance within 85 days.
In the memo, Marco Rubio does not evaluate the new administration in his memo whether the existing external promise is “not overlapped, effective, and consistent with President Trump’s foreign policy”. He said it was possible.
Many European countries have donated a lot of donations in the economy, but the United States has been the world’s largest donation country for many years.
According to the Organization for the Economic Cooperation and Development, which provides advice to developed countries, the United States provided more than $ 64 billion in 2023 overseas development. According to the report, the record for 2024 was not available.
