US Department of State: "US sold $2.5mln. ammunitions to Azerbaijan in 2007" - UPDATED

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The United States sent totally 11.9 billion dollars military aid to foreign countries, including post-soviet countries except Russia and Belarus, last year, APA quotes Washington Profile.

The Pentagon spent 10.1 mln dollars for Ukraine (ammunitions, service parts, exercises and trainings), 570 thousand for Moldova (communication supplies), 3.1 mln for Armenia (mostly service parts of military techniques), 4.86 mln for Azerbaijan (communication means and trainings), 25.1 mln for Georgia (ammunitions, communication means, aviation equipments, exercises and trainings).

Kazakhstan received aid at the cost of 5.3 mln dollars, Kyrgyzstan – 5.7 mln, Tajikistan – 128 thousand, Turkmenistan – 85 thousand, Uzbekistan – 8.2 mln, Latvia – 3.3 mln, Lithuania – 23.4 mln and Estonia – 4.2 mln.

Generally US sent warships, military equipments, communication and radar systems, missiles, service parts for the military techniques to the post-soviet countries and assisted in training of personnel.

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US Department of State released a report on the sale of weapons and military equipment to foreign countries in 2007.

APA reports quoting Washington Profile that the US sold weapons and military equipment worth $25.4 billion to foreign countries last year.

Apart from Belarus and Moldova, all of the post-Soviet countries bought firearms, ammunitions, missiles, air equipment, explosives, fire control equipment, space assets and equipment worth $40.7 billion from the US in 2007.

Georgia spent $25mln., Kyrgyzstan $20mln., Tajikistan $7mln., Latvia $4.4mln., Ukraine $3.4mln., Lithuania $2.6mln., Azerbaijan $2.5mln., Estonia $2mln., Kazakhstan $861,000, Armenia $487,000, Turkmenistan $100,000 and Uzbekistan $79,000 to buy ammunitions from the US.

/APA/