Washington to pay $1b to Georgia
Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:40:29 GMT
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
Washington will provide Georgia with a one-billion-dollar aid package, adding to the emergency amount of 30 million dollars already paid.

"With our full support and the support of the entire free world, a democratic Georgia will survive, will rebuild and will thrive," US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice announced on Wednesday.

She said the aid was destined for humanitarian relief efforts and reconstructing the economy.

An amount of 570 million of the aid will be delivered before the end of the year, she added.

"It's high time that Russia meet its obligations to the ceasefire," Rice said, reiterating the US call on Moscow to consider the French-brokered peace agreement.

Russia entered the conflict with Georgia after Tbilisi attacked the breakaway region of South Ossetia.

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