According to the U.S. State Department, and the U.S. Embassy in Cairo, said the departure of Director of USAID in Egypt, James Beaver, were not because of the increasing anti-American sentiment, and rejected media reports that linked the termination of the «Beaver» in Cairo, and the growing anti-American in Egypt, and Oceftaha as inaccurate.The newspaper reported "The Egyptian Today" on Sunday, that the office of the Foreign Ministry official said Saturday that leave «Beaver» office came to a purely domestic reasons.
The U.S. Embassy in Cairo said that Washington is always keen to fund aid programs in Egypt to strengthen and expand civil society, stressing that such assistance was for the benefit of the designated «Egyptians brave», and that funding and assistance provided to Egypt have undergone the strictest standards of transparency and accountability, saying that it not financed by political groups.
The embassy said that the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) contributed to the development needs of Egypt more than 30 years, pointing out that American taxpayers have contributed more than $ 30 billion in U.S. assistance programs to Egypt.
On the other hand, newspaper «The Christian Science Monitor» U.S. for a U.S. official as saying: «The U.S. assistance programs seek to get ideas from the Egyptians», saying that Washington is making a great effort to find out what you need in Egypt now. The paper disclosed that about 85% of U.S. funding to Egypt already gone to U.S. organizations in Egypt, such as the National Democratic Institute and International Republican Institute, to help support political parties before elections.
The newspaper pointed to the United States announced the distribution of $ 65 million in grants directly to the pro-democracy groups last March, sparked angry reactions from the Egyptian government and the military junta.
The U.S. Embassy in Cairo said that Washington is always keen to fund aid programs in Egypt to strengthen and expand civil society, stressing that such assistance was for the benefit of the designated «Egyptians brave», and that funding and assistance provided to Egypt have undergone the strictest standards of transparency and accountability, saying that it not financed by political groups.
The embassy said that the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) contributed to the development needs of Egypt more than 30 years, pointing out that American taxpayers have contributed more than $ 30 billion in U.S. assistance programs to Egypt.
On the other hand, newspaper «The Christian Science Monitor» U.S. for a U.S. official as saying: «The U.S. assistance programs seek to get ideas from the Egyptians», saying that Washington is making a great effort to find out what you need in Egypt now. The paper disclosed that about 85% of U.S. funding to Egypt already gone to U.S. organizations in Egypt, such as the National Democratic Institute and International Republican Institute, to help support political parties before elections.
The newspaper pointed to the United States announced the distribution of $ 65 million in grants directly to the pro-democracy groups last March, sparked angry reactions from the Egyptian government and the military junta.
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