The Obama
administration is close to a deal with Egypt's new government for $1
billion in debt relief, a senior U.S. official said on Monday, as
Washington seeks to help Cairo shore up its ailing economy in the
aftermath of its pro-democracy uprising.
U.S. diplomats and negotiators
for Egypt's new Islamist president Mohamed Mursi - who took office in
June after the country's first free elections - were working to finalize
an agreement, the official said.
Progress
on the aid package, which had languished during Egypt's 18 months of
political turmoil, appears to reflect a cautious easing of U.S.
suspicions about Mursi and a desire to show economic goodwill to help
keep the longstanding U.S.-Egyptian partnership from deteriorating
further.
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Sure , give em more money , they hate us , but so what.
ReplyDeleteThey burn our flag , they kill our citizens , they spit on us , but give em mnore money.
Why are we giving away money that we have borrowed. Makes no sense. If they need money let them go to China to get it. NO MORE FREE HANDOUTS.
ReplyDeleteHow about we use that 1 billion on our own debt relief.
ReplyDeleteWe simply don't have the money. Our citizens are suffering from the planned economic implosion, yet our government continues to "give away money" as if we had it!
ReplyDeleteWe simply don't have the money. Our citizens are suffering from the planned economic implosion, yet our government continues to "give away money" as if we had it!
ReplyDeleteWow. No problems with sending humanitarian aid, but debt relief?
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