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Date: March 2, 2007 3:32:07 PM PST
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Subject: US-Israel "Ten Year Plan"
US-Israel aid agreement in works
Senior officials open series of meetings to formulate new economic
assistance plan for next 10 years; ‘Talks reflect the deep
historical and security ties between the United States and Israel,
based on our shared values and common interests,’ joint statement says
Yitzhak Benhorin
Published: 03.01.07, 23:42 / Israel News
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3371572,00.html
WASHINGTON - Senior Israeli officials and their American
counterparts opened a series of meetings Thursday in a bid to
formulate a new economic assistance agreement for the next 10 years.
The officials, including Bank of Israel Governor Stanley Fischer
and US Under Secretary for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns**, were
working on defining the planned strategic cooperation between the
two countries and Israel’s military and economic needs.
“These talks reflect the deep historical <??> and security ties
between the United States and Israel , based on our shared values
and common interests,” the officials said in a joint statement.
“The meeting today is another manifestation of the unshakable
commitment by the United States to Israel's security and a step
towards fortifying and enhancing the strategic relationship between
our two countries.”
The last economic agreement between the US and Israel was signed in
1996 and is set to expire in 2007. The US allocates $2.4 billion in
annual aid to Israel, and Jerusalem is looking to anchor the
assistance in a multi-year agreement [worth more than $24 billion].
Other participants included Israeli Ambassador to the United States
Sallai Meridor and Yarom Ariav, director general of Israel's
Ministry of Finance.
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**R. Nicholas Burns is the United States Under Secretary of State
for Political Affairs, the Department of State’s third ranking
official. Appointed by President Bush, he was confirmed by the
U.S. Senate on March 17, 2005 and was sworn into office by
Secretary of StateCondoleezza Rice. As Under Secretary, he
oversees U.S. policy in each region of the world and serves in the
senior career Foreign Service position at the Department.
Prior to his current assignment, Ambassador Burns was the United
States Permanent Representative to the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization. As Ambassador to NATO, he headed the combined State-
Defense Department U.S. Mission to NATO at a time when the Alliance
committed to new missions in Iraq, Afghanistan and the global war
against terrorism, and accepted seven new members.
Mr. Burns began his Foreign Service career in Africa and the Middle
East. He was Vice Consul and Staff Assistant to the Ambassador in
Cairo, Egypt between 1983-1985, and then ...
... Political Officer at the American Consulate General in
Jerusalem from 1985 to 1987.
Under President George H.W. Bush, he was Director for Soviet (and
then Russian) Affairs. During this time, he attended all U.S.-
Soviet summits and numerous other international meetings and
specialized on economic assistance issues, U.S. ties with Russia
and Ukraine, and relations with the Baltic countries. He was a
member of the Department’s Transition Team in 1988, and served as
Staff Officer in the Department’s Operations Center and Secretariat
in 1987-1988.
Mr. Burns served for five years (1990-1995) on the National
Security Council staff at the White House. He was Special Assistant
toPresident Clinton and Senior Director for Russia, Ukraine, and
Eurasian Affairs. He had lead responsibility in the White House for
advising the President on all aspects of U.S. relations with the
fifteen countries of the former Soviet Union.
From 1995 to 1997, Ambassador Burns was Spokesman of the Department
of State and Acting Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs for
Secretary of State Warren Christopher and Secretary Madeleine
Albright. In this position, he gave daily press conferences on U.S.
foreign policy issues, accompanied both Secretaries of State on all
their foreign trips and coordinated all of the Department’s public
outreach programs.
Mr. Burns is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the
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