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EU sets aside 264 million euro in aid

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    The European Union has budgeted 264 million euros (about US $ 230 million) to aid the West African country of Cote d' Ivoire, between now and 2007.

    The strategy for the use of the money which will come from the European Development Fund, was still being drawn up, the EU reported on Monday. Community budget aid has reached over 25 million euros since June 2001 when a decision to resume aid was made, it added.

    EU aid was restricted following the coup in December 1999. However, aid resumed gradually after progress was made towards installing democracy, following the contested elections of October and December 2000.

    During his meeting on Friday with Ivorian Prime Minister Affi N'Guessan, a member of the European Commission responsible for development and humanitarian aid, Poul Nielson, urged the Ivorian government to maintain its policy of national reconciliation and the promotion of democracy. Nielson praised the quality of political dialogue between the European Union and Cote d'Ivoire, launched at the beginning of 2001.

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

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