Urgent .. the United States freezes foreign aid to the whole world except for two countries

The US State Department decided to freeze almost all foreign aid around the world, as of today, days after President Donald Trump issued a comprehensive executive order last Monday to freeze such aid for 90 days.

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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio sent a telegram, seen by the CNN network & quot; to all American diplomatic missions on Friday explains this step that threatens billions of dollars from funding from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the US International Development Agency & quot; US ED & quot; For programs around the world.

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The scope of the executive order has left humanitarian aid agencies and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a state of amazement.

The document calls for issuing orders & quot; Immediately in existing foreign aid and temporarily stop new aid, which is a comprehensive document in its scope. > This means that the global health aid that saves life, development aid, military aid, and even the distribution of clean water may all be affected. Emergency food and foreign military financing for Israel and Egypt. In the executive matter, the administration will set criteria next month to review whether the assistance is & quot; compatible with the foreign policy agenda of President Trump & quot;

The executive also stated that & quot; decisions related to constantly, amend or ending programs will After this review & quot, indicating that this review should be completed within 85 days. You should be justified by answering three simple questions: Does this make America safer? Does America make stronger? Does America make more prosperous? Global panic at the present time & quot;

In a statement on Saturday, Intercision, an alliance of international NGOs, said that freezing & quot “disrupts the decisive work to save lives including providing clean water for children, and education The basic for children, the end of trafficking in girls, and the provision of medicines for children and others who suffer from diseases. The statement stated that the last executive order from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs suspends the programs that support the global leadership of America and create dangerous voids that China and our opponents fill quickly & quot;

One of the humanitarian officials said that stopping causes severe disturbance, and added that Details of the executive order & quot; very bad & quot;

Another official told CNN that while they expect discounts or changes in aid provided to specific areas, they did not expect such a comprehensive and immediate stop. & Nbsp;

He added that the humanitarian needs around the world are sharp and that freezing aid by the United States may be harmful. Of cases contradicts American values ​​& quot;

However, one of the officials indicated that assistance programs, such as global health, which is targeted by freezing, is in the interest of the United States, and enjoys support from the two parties. >

They said & quot; Ensure that there are no epidemics is in our interest. Global stability is in our interest & quot;

in a message sent by the Democratic Representatives Gregory Mix from New York and Luis Franklk from Florida to Rubio on Friday, they said that the programs that seem to be affected by freezing aid such as the President’s Emergency Plan of AIDS and the President’s initiative To combat malaria & quot; it depends on continuous supply of medicines & quot; & nbsp;

Republican President George W. Bush launched an emergency relief plan from AIDS and the President’s initiative to combat malaria, and has been supported by two parties for a long time.

Mix is ​​the highest democratic member of the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee, while Frankl is a member of the sub -committee for foreign allocations, foreign operations and relevant programs, which means that they oversee the funding of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the American International Development Agency.

they added People around the world – as in Gaza that suffer from conflicts, Sudan, Haiti and Ukraine – depend on the continued flow of aid from the United States.

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