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Fact Sheet: President Bush Meets with Pakistani Prime Minister Yousaf Raza
Gillani
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For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary July 28, 2008

Fact Sheet: President Bush Meets with Pakistani Prime Minister Yousaf Raza
Gillani President Bush Reaffirms Commitment To Expanding A Long-Term
Strategic Partnership With Pakistan Focusing On Countering Violent
Extremism And Furthering Economic Prosperity, Education, Energy Security,
And Development

ÿÿWhite House News

ÿÿÿÿÿ President Bush Meets with Prime Minister Gillani of Pakistan

The United States will continue to work with the democratically elected
government of Pakistan as we pursue extremists who are trying to kill
innocent Pakistanis and weaken the government that is working to improve
the economy, create jobs, and provide education and healthcare to Pakistani
citizens.ÿ We support the Pakistani government as it moves forward with
reforms that will deliver the benefits of democracy to the Pakistani
people.

To demonstrate our broad-based commitment, President Bush has pledged
substantial food aid to benefit the people of Pakistan. ÿOver the past
year, Pakistan has experienced a sharp 70 percent increase in staple food
prices.ÿ The United States will work to provide a major food security
assistance package of over $115 million responding to short and long-term
needs. ÿThis is consistent with the President's approach to addressing
global food security by meeting immediate needs and investing in long-term
solutions.
  þ Short-term _ $42.5 million over the next 6-9 months.ÿ The U.S.
    Department of Agriculture and U.S. Agency for International Development
    will provide a package of short-term assistance of $42.5 million that
    will provide food aid through the World Food Program and our USDA Food
    for Progress and McGovern-Dole programs. ÿ
  þ Long-term _ Total assistance of an additional $73 million over the next
    two years.ÿ We will also provide additional long-term assistance
    through U.S. Agency for International Development agricultural
    development programs and food aid through U.S. Department of
    Agriculture programs.

President Bush also reaffirmed the United States' commitment to improving
governance and economic opportunity in Pakistan through the establishment
of Reconstruction Opportunity Zones.ÿ The United States and Pakistan will
continue economic dialogue on August 11, including discussion of the status
of ongoing bilateral investment treaty negotiations, with energy and trade
dialogues planned for the fall.ÿ

Through our partnership with Pakistan, the United States and the
international community are targeting extremists and their allies who are
destabilizing to Pakistan and Pakistan's neighbors.
  þ Pakistan has been a strong partner in the fight against violent
    extremism _ hundreds of al Qaeda operatives have been captured and
    turned over to the United States.ÿ We will work together to pursue
    terrorists who try to kill innocent Pakistanis and weaken the
    government's efforts to provide jobs, education, and healthcare to the
    people of Pakistan.
  þ The Pakistani government has an international obligation to deny any
    space to militants and terrorists.ÿ We seek to work with the Pakistani
    government as it takes responsibility for protecting the Pakistani
    people and neighbors. ÿPakistan is under threat, and we seek to work
    with Pakistan to address that threat.ÿ
  þ Before September 11, Pakistan's military forces had not been deployed
    to the Tribal Areas in decades.ÿ Pakistani military, intelligence, and
    paramilitary forces operating in the border areas have apprehended
    multiple al Qaeda operatives.ÿ We recognize the sacrifice of the many
    Pakistani troops who have given their lives in the struggle against
    terror.

Pakistan Remains A Key Ally In The Global War On Terror, And U.S. Economic
And Military Assistance Is Needed To Demonstrate Our Desire For A
Broad-Based Partnershipÿ

Since 2006, we have provided on average $1.59 billion annually for the
Government of Pakistan and its citizens.ÿ This amounts to $4.8 billion over
the past three years _ and over $11 billion total since 2001.ÿ This
includes Coalition Support Funds, Security Assistance, and
Humanitarian/Economic Aid.ÿ

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Coalition Support Funds

Security Assistance

Humanitarian/ Economic Aid

FY 2006

$862 million

$400 million

$677 million

FY 2007

$613 million

$398 million

$542 million

FY 2008

$373 million (to date)

$500 million

$417 million

Total

$1,848 million

$1,298 million

$1,636 million
  þ Coalition Support Funds (CSF) represent reimbursements that we provide
    to Pakistan and other countries for operations carried out in support
    of Operation Enduring Freedom.ÿ In Pakistan, activities that fall under
    this category include the use of Pakistani facilities and locations,
    protection of U.S. personnel by Pakistani forces, the establishment of
    air and ground supply lines to Afghanistan, and Pakistan's own military
    operations in the tribal areas.
  þ Security assistance includes Foreign Military Financing (FMF),
    counternarcotics, counterterrorism, and military training and
    education.ÿ These programs are used for providing military equipment to
    the Pakistan army, to assist the army in counterterror and
    counternarcotics efforts, and to build up the capabilities of the army
    to partner with us in combating extremism.
  þ Humanitarian and economic assistance provides aid to the people of
    Pakistan to directly improve their livelihoods.ÿ With these resources,
    the United States provides a wide variety of assistance in areas such
    as democracy promotion, emergency response, health, education,
    agriculture, and economic development.

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