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» Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Congo Basin Announcement

Asked for information on the announcement, the PMS said it was in relation to the Congo Basin project. The UK was today pledging an additional £8million to boost the£50million grant already announced for innovative schemes to prevent deforestation in Central Africa. The Norwegian Government was also today announcing £50million for the fund and we expected other Governments, the business community and other donors would contribute to this important international fund.

Asked if there was a reason why Britain and Norway were working together on this, the PMS said he thought that Britain and Norway had always worked very closely together on development matters.

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