USAID stops providing foreign assistance from July 1 — Rubio

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) stops providing foreign assistance from July 1, 2025.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has announced this.

His words are quoted by the press service of the US State Department.

According to him, since the end of the Cold War, USAID can boast of virtually no achievements.

"Development objectives have rarely been met, instability has often worsened, and anti-American sentiment has only grown. On the global stage, the countries that benefit the most from our generosity usually fail to reciprocate," Rubio said.

As an example, he cited a number of African countries that have received USD 165 billion in assistance from USAID since 1991. In 2023, these countries voted with the United States only 29% of the time on important resolutions at the UN.

He also stated that the US has invested USD 89 billion in the Middle East and North Africa through USAID. These investments have earned the US a lower approval rating than China in every country except Morocco.

Another USD 9.3 billion in investments in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, which benefited Hamas allies, have drawn resentment rather than appreciation from the US.

"The only ones who have been doing well have been the heads of countless NGOs, who often enjoy five-star lifestyles funded by American taxpayers, while those they supposedly helped have been left even further behind," Rubio said.

In response, the US has decided to end international assistance through USAID effective July 1, 2025.

Programs that align with administration policy and advance US interests will continue to be implemented by the State Department.

Rubio emphasized that USAID promoted its programs as charity, not as tools of American foreign policy. However, as a rule, these programs promoted anti-American ideals and groups.

As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, according to a study recently published in The Lancet, cutting USAID funding could lead to 14 million deaths by 2030.

As we will recall, the United Nations previously stated that after the freeze on USAID funding, 2,000 new HIV cases would be recorded worldwide every day.