The US government on Monday signed agreements to provide Indonesia with 468 million dollars to develop its creaking health, education and environment sectors.
The deal, - the largest single development package between the two countries - was signed at a ceremony attended by US ambassador to Jakarta Ralph Boyce and Indonesia's welfare minister, Abdul Malik Fajar, a US statement said.
The funds, which will be administered primarily through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), will be used in programmes to support education, health, water, nutrition, and the environment, the statement said.
The United States, which counts Indonesia among allies in its war on terror, currently provides the country with an annual 160 million dollars for development programmes through USAID.
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