China News Service, July 23. According to Euronet’s quoting EUN News Agency, on July 22 local time, British Foreign Secretary Dominique Raab announced that in response to the economic pressure and crisis brought by the new crown epidemic to the UK, the British government Foreign aid will be cut by 2.9 billion pounds.
On June 15, local time, in London, England, passengers wearing masks were traveling on the subway.
According to reports, due to the contraction of the British economy caused by the new crown epidemic, the British government announced that its foreign aid will be cut by 2.9 billion pounds. But the British government will honor its promise of 0.7% of the gross national income (GNI) for overseas aid.
While announcing the reduction in the amount of foreign aid, Raab also announced that the British government will review the allocation of British foreign aid later in 2020 to understand how the British government can more effectively use British foreign aid to serve the interests of the United Kingdom. .
Raab pointed out that there is no doubt that the next few months will bring us a lot of financial challenges, so the government is still ready to fulfill its promise of 0.7% of the gross national income (GNI) for official development assistance. This commitment is based entirely on British gross national income, so when our economy shrinks, official aid funding will also decrease.
According to previous reports, the British government announced in June that it would merge the British Ministry of International Development and the British Foreign Office. At that time, Prime Minister Johnson stated that the government would merge the two ministries to make the British government's foreign aid more in line with Britain's international interests. (Jingying)