Over the next two days, President Obama will take part in the summit's three plenary sessions, along with multilateral and bilateral meetings with fellow-leaders.
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But the aid it received from all donors, multilateralandbilateral, amounted to about 14 times that figure.
Economic progress depends on sustained bilateralandmultilateral aid, on responsible government economic management, and on continued technical assistance from multilateralandbilateral donors.
President Obama looks forward to discussing cooperation on a host of other bilateral, regional, andmultilateral issues, and deepening our bilateral partnership.