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Cablegate: Information for Congressional Report On European

This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.

UNCLAS ATHENS 000776

SIPDIS

STATE FOR WHA/AND STUART LIPPE AND EUR/ERA KIMBER SHEARER

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ECON EAID PREL CO EC PE BL VE GR
SUBJECT: INFORMATION FOR CONGRESSIONAL REPORT ON EUROPEAN
ASSISTANCE TO THE ANDEAN REGION: GREECE

REF: STATE 27676

On March 18, Dimitris Platis, Director of the Office of
Deputy Foreign Minister Stylianidis (in charge of foreign
economic assistance), informed us that from 2000-2004, the
GoG has allocated 476,000 USD to Greek NGOs and Andean
Community NGOs for humanitarian assistance as well as
programs in education, social services, and counternarcotics.
Of this total, 426,000 USD were disbursed to Peru for
counternarcotics programs. 50,000 USD were allotted to
Columbia and Venezuela for social welfare programs, the
strengthening of civil society and emergency response
training in coping with natural disasters, such as
earthquakes.
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