“I focus on military aid, it has not ended,” said Volodymyr Zelenski. The president of Ukraine referred to the U.S. decision, which according to media reports suspended almost all abroad aid programs for 90 days.
According to the AP Agency, the fresh Secretary of State Marco Rubio sent to employees State Department and the aid agency USAID a memorandum in which he ordered halting work on most U.S. abroad aid programmes For 90 days. The exception is military aid to Israel and Egypt.
The suspension is to apply pending the preparation of a study on the compliance of these programmes with the objectives of the United States abroad policy.
Donald Trump signed a regulation to suspend US improvement aid on the first day of the presidency. Rubio's fresh order goes beyond these rules and is the next step.
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According to PAP's origin in Congress, related to Democrats, the Secretary of State's decision in practice means halting all assistance to Ukraine. Both humanitarian and military. Most of these issues are controlled by the State Department. The exception is the assistance provided by the planet Bank.
Volodymyr Zelenski responds. ‘You gotta look at’
The fresh decision of the U.S. authorities was asked by the president of Ukraine during a Saturday press conference with the president of Moldova Maia Sandu.
– I know there are limitations, you request to look into it in detail. Today's restrictions for 90 days, humanitarian programs. I know that there are many institutes in the planet that were previously supported by the US government. However, I do not see this money," said Volodymyr Zelenski.
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– I'm focusing on military aid. she's not being stopped.. Thank God – said the president of Ukraine.
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