Aid will be more targeted: over 100 countries currently receive bilateral assistance from Britain.

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For her part, Clinton complained about the congressional holds placed on foreign aid and bilateral assistance.

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By pooling money from different donors, it attempts to cut aid free from at least some of the strings associated with individual donors' bilateral assistance.

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It adds insult to injury that Primakov has secured what amounts to Western underwriting for these initiatives in the form of IMF and bilateral assistance, debt reschedulings, the Nunn-Lugar slush fund, etc.

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As you know, Nedra, the U.S. is the largest bilateral donor of humanitarian assistance there.

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Financial assistance and bilateral military ties with western countries have been suspended.

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Economic progress depends on sustained bilateral and multilateral aid, on responsible government economic management, and on continued technical assistance from multilateral and bilateral donors.

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We understand that that is an important part of our bilateral relationship, ensuring that assistance.

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That back-and-forth produced a compromise: bilateral loans from EU countries, IMF assistance and a strict austerity program.

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The two leaders reviewed a range of outstanding issues, including areas of cooperation upcoming in connection with the East Asia Summit, where they agreed to further bilateral and multilateral cooperation on nonproliferation, on humanitarian assistance, disaster relief, and also on maritime security.

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