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The joint delegation will be led by Trump s son-in-law and White House senior adviser Jared Kushner, and by Israel’s National Security Adviser Meir Ben-Shabbat.
The American delegation will also include special envoy to the Middle East Avi Berkowitz and Adam Boehler, the CEO of the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation. The Israeli delegation will include Foreign Ministry Director General Alon Ushpiz and the ministry s legal adviser, Tal Becker.
On Monday, Kushner and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attended a tree-planting ceremony in Jerusalem ahead of the visit to Morocco.
Speaking at the ceremony, Netanyahu called the visit a ground-breaking visit that will expedite the normalization of relations between Israel and Morocco. That’s four peace agreements in a few months. There will be more to come. I believe many more if you pursue these policies.”
An American financial corporation on Tuesday announced that it will invest USD 54 million in India to support the development of critical infrastructure projects in the country in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
India is one of the fastest growing countries in the previous three decades, but it suffers from a significant infrastructure deficit, holding back further growth for the country especially in the wake of COVID-19, US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) said. It said it will invest USD 54 million in equity for the National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) in India to support the development of critical infrastructure projects. The financing is part of NIIF s final round of fund-raising for the fund.
African outlook 2021: The Africa Center reflects on 2020 and looks ahead AfricaSource by Africa Center
Ugandan soldiers serving under the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) load an assortment of items donated by the Italian Government and CARITAS as part of the COVID-19 containment and mitigation effort to help local Somali communities in their efforts to combat the spread of the virus on June 7, 2020. (Flickr/AMISOM Public Information/Steven Candia)
African nations have mostly escaped the heavy death toll and hospital bed shortages faced by Western countries, but the COVID-19 pandemic has dealt a disproportionately severe blow to the continent’s economic ambitions. Fortunately, robust collaboration between African public and private sectors, and particularly innovative financing measures from African development institutions including members of the Africa Center’s new Afro-Ce
Indonesia Could Get Billions in U.S. Funding to Join Israel Push
Ivan Levingston, Bloomberg News Trains travel along railway tracks near Tanah Abang station in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020. Indonesia is scheduled to announce its second-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) figures on Aug. 5. Photographer: Dimas Ardian/Bloomberg , Bloomberg
(Bloomberg) Indonesia could unlock billions of dollars in additional U.S. financing if it joins President Donald Trumpâs push for Muslim countries to establish relations with Israel, according to a U.S. official.
The U.S. International Development Finance Corporation, a government agency that invests overseas, could more than double its current $1 billion portfolio if Indonesia develops ties with Israel, DFC Chief Executive Officer Adam Boehler said in an interview Monday at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem.