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US President George W Bush has recommended "over USD 640 million" for Pakistan "to help advance security and economic opportunity for it's citizens" in fiscal 2006 in a nearly 2.5 trillion dollar budget that was presented to the US Congress.
Under the heading 'Support for our Coalition Partners', the budget paper said, "The United States and our allies have shown great resolve in the war on terror. The budget supports the front-line states that have joined us in the campaign against global terror.
The President's request provides over USD 640 million for Pakistan to help advance security and economic opportunity for Pakistan's citizens." Over USD 450 million has been earmaked for Jordan to accelerate economic growth opportunity and strengthen border controls and over USD 550 million to support Colombia's unified campaign against drugs and terrorism," the paper said.
US assistance, the papers said, continues to result in unparalleled military, law enforcement and intelligence cooperation that has successfully destroyed terrorist cells, disrupted terrorist operations and prevented attacks. Over the last year, there have been many counter-terrorism successes in cooperating countries and international organisations.
The 2006 budget includes USD 437
million for operations "to continue the fight against drugs in Afghanistan,"
the paper added.
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