New York, April 10 /TASS /. US President Donald Trump administration has reduced support programs for some countries, where she initially promised to maintain support. This has been reported by the New York Times (NYT), citing the lists provided to officials and employees of humanitarian organizations.
According to these lists, the United States will stop financial programs in Afghanistan, Jordan, Yemen, Iraq, the Republic of Congo, Lebanon, Madagascar, Mali, Nigeria, Nigeria, Syria, Somalia, Chade and Ecuador. Reuters, citing sources on April 9, reported that the White House decided to restore payments as part of the World Food Program (VPP) in Lebanon, Syria, Somalia, Jordan, Iraq and Ecuador.
According to the runway, Washington refused to provide support will be most influenced by Afghanistan, where about 2 million people, including 400,000 children, depends on food supply. Yemen's population will also be affected, where 2.4 million people receive food under humanitarian programs.
The NYT dialogue at the US International Development Agency (USAID) emphasized that they often learn about the end of the next program directly from humanitarian organizations that do not want to receive sponsorship.
In early February, Trump suspended USAID, which allocated a significant amount of money to international organizations. After that, the US government announced the intention to cancel 92% of the contracts of the agency and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for assistance. On March 10, US Foreign Minister Marco Rubio, who was previously appointed by USAID Minister, said the US government according to the results of the six -week audit has officially stopped 83% of the agency's programs. According to him, within the framework of 5.2 thousand contracts were canceled, tens of billions of dollars were not spent on the interests of the United States, but in some cases, it was detrimental to them.