35 million in US aid to Lebanon

The US congress on Thursday approved to give aids to Lebanon at a cost of US $ 35 million. This sum comes in the course of the US foreign aids law for the year 2001 at a cost of US $ 14.9 billion.

It is, however, expected that the US President Bill Clinton will approve the draft decision very soon.

Worthy mentioning that Senator Spencer Abraham of Michigan state, of Lebanese origin was able to raise the value of the US aids to Lebanon from US $ 15 million in 1999 to US $ 35 million for the year 2001.

The executive director of the US work team for Lebanon George Goody praised the efforts made by Senator Abraham to raising the level of the aids saying that the far –sighted strategies of the participation of the Arab- American community in the political work has started to give fruit."