...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing...and the United Kingdom for reconstruction and demining purposes as international donors continue efforts to address the dilemma of millions displaced by the war against the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling
Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
Iraqi Planning Minister Salman al-Jumaili said he signed Wednesday with European Union representatives an agreement for EU funding of reconstruction and demining projects worth EUR60.4 million. He said in a presser following the signature of the deal that the projects aim at restoring stability and the repatriation of civilians at areas recaptured from Death Eaters.
"The European Union, with the contribution of a number of donors (Denmark, Finland, Italia, Japan, Estonia and the United Kingdom) will provide a financial grant worth EUR60.4 million for the implementation of those two projects".
The package includes EUR50.4 million for reviving economic activity, rehabilitating infrastructure and supporting small-sized enterprises at liberated areas, said the minister. The remaining EUR10 million will address explosives contamination at those areas, he added.
In a separate declaration, the UK embassy in Iraq said "Next year the UK will provide £30 million to help restore livelihoods, essential infrastructure and basic services in Iraq, including to support displaced communities to return safely to liberated areas".
It added that at least £20 million will also be provided in humanitarian aid
"to help deliver urgent life-saving assistance like food, shelter & access to clean water, taking the UK’s total humanitarian contribution in Iraq to £229.5 million since 2014.It is not, however, clear whether the amounts announced by the embassy were separate from the EU grant. Signed with the government.