information became known from a lawsuit filed on Wednesday, CNN reports.
"In total, approximately 5,800 USAID grants have been terminated, and more than 500 USAID grants have been withheld. The total maximum value of the withheld grants is approximately USD 57 billion," the Trump administration said in a statement.
The administration of US President Donald Trump has announced the termination of more than 90% of payments to foreign countries from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). This information became known from a lawsuit filed on Wednesday, CNN reports.
Later on Wednesday, the Trump administration clarified that "297 contracts remain that need to be reviewed."
CNN notes that this massive cut in foreign aid has had a significant impact on nonprofits and contractors. The freeze in funding and the review of billions of dollars in aid have led to the suspension of many programs around the world.
As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, for International Development (USAID) of spreading the coronavirus and spreading propaganda. After these accusations, Musk deleted the organization's account from the social network.
On January 29, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy instructed to allocate funds from the budget to finance a number of key programs of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), which were suspended after the decree of US President Donald Trump.
On January 6, Suspilne wrote that the Ukrainian USAID office had received an instruction to suspend the implementation of all pojects. An unnamed employee of the office told the publication about this.
CNN notes that this massive reduction in foreign aid has significantly affected the activities of nonprofit organizations and contractors. Due to the freezing of funding and the review of billions of dollars in aid, many programs around the world have been suspended.
The reason for these actions was that the Trump administration has either put most of the USAID staff on leave or fired them.
The update from the administration was provided in response to a lawsuit challenging the decision to suspend foreign aid in general.
In addition, the document states that "approximately 4,100 government grants have been terminated and approximately 2,700 government grants have been preserved." Later on Wednesday, the Trump administration clarified that "29
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