6月7日，美国总统布什在白宫会见了来访的英国首相布莱尔，双方一致表示将合作向非洲贫困国家提供帮助。布什宣布，美国将向非洲提供6.74亿美元的人道主义援助，其中4.14亿美元将用于帮助非洲之角国家克服饥荒。外电报道如下：President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Tuesday embraced a tentative plan to forgive the debt of poor African nations "on a path to reform" but failed to come together on Blair's calls to double aid to the troubled continent and tackle global warming.The leaders expressed confidence that the remaining details of a deal on African debt relief could be worked out among them and with the other countries attending next month's summit of major industrialized nations in Gleneagles, Scotland. Forgive在此表示“宽免（某人）之债务，赦免”，例如：The kind-hearted landlord lady forgave the poor tenant's rent. (好心的女房东免除了这个可怜房客的租金。) 布什在新闻发布会上说，帮助贫困的非洲国家是他担任总统期间需要承担的重要义务。布莱尔则表示，英美两国正在就有关援助非洲的计划达成一致。据悉，布莱尔将在7月举行的八国集团首脑会议上呼吁免除非洲贫困国家的全部债务。