Tashkent, Washington mull military equipment supply
The governments of the U.S. and Uzbekistan are holding
negotiations on the supply of military equipment to Uzbekistan,
said Daniel Rosenblum, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Central Asia
at the US Department of State.
He made the remarks during a conference call with reporters from
Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan. The conference call was
organized by a media center in Brussels.
Rosenblum didn’t provide detailed information about the
negotiations.
Uzbekistan and the US in 2014 agreed on delivering 308 M-ATV
armored vehicles to Uzbekistan.
The representative of the US Department of State said the talks on
delivering the armored vehicles lasted very long and were
difficult.
He added that the ongoing negotiations focus on other types of
military equipment.
Currently, 308 M-ATV armored vehicles are delivered from the US to
Uzbekistan. Moreover, 20 armored recovery vehicles are delivered to
this country from the US for the technical support for the armored
vehicles.
The delivery of the military equipment from the US to Uzbekistan
started in December 2014 and this process will last for several
more months.
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