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ARMENIA ANGRY WITH PENTAGON`S MILITARY AID FOR AZERBAIJAN
Today
Sept 1 2011
Azerbaijan
"A $10 million Pentagon military aid package for Azerbaijan comes as
a political and military blow to Armenia", Armenian experts warn.
According to them, this move of the United States proves the fact that
Azerbaijan is considered the major country in the region. The funding
is said to be a part of a $44 million Pentagon aid package. The aid
aimed at improving the counter-terrorism capabilities of the naval
special forces includes small boats, engines, diving gear and training.
The Pentagon is also sending more than $25 million in military
equipment, small boats and other support to Tunisia and Malta.
Lithuania and Hungary were also included in the funding plan. The
funding was recently approved by Pentagon officials and sent to
Capitol Hill as part of a notification process before the equipment
can be delivered.
Up to $350 million in military aid can be distributed this year to
support counter-terror operations in other countries. The Pentagon
routinely releases the military aid in three or four installments
each year.
The first package approved earlier this year was for about $43 million
and was directed at NATO and other allies in the Afghanistan war. A
second package for $145.4 million was directed largely at North
African nations struggling to battle al-Qaida-linked terrorists.
Initially, military leaders have planned to spend at least $150 million
of the fund on aid to Yemen. So far, none of the assistance has gone
there, as the embattled government struggles with internal uprisings
and an increasingly threatening al-Qaida affiliate.
From: Baghdasarian
Today
Sept 1 2011
Azerbaijan
"A $10 million Pentagon military aid package for Azerbaijan comes as
a political and military blow to Armenia", Armenian experts warn.
According to them, this move of the United States proves the fact that
Azerbaijan is considered the major country in the region. The funding
is said to be a part of a $44 million Pentagon aid package. The aid
aimed at improving the counter-terrorism capabilities of the naval
special forces includes small boats, engines, diving gear and training.
The Pentagon is also sending more than $25 million in military
equipment, small boats and other support to Tunisia and Malta.
Lithuania and Hungary were also included in the funding plan. The
funding was recently approved by Pentagon officials and sent to
Capitol Hill as part of a notification process before the equipment
can be delivered.
Up to $350 million in military aid can be distributed this year to
support counter-terror operations in other countries. The Pentagon
routinely releases the military aid in three or four installments
each year.
The first package approved earlier this year was for about $43 million
and was directed at NATO and other allies in the Afghanistan war. A
second package for $145.4 million was directed largely at North
African nations struggling to battle al-Qaida-linked terrorists.
Initially, military leaders have planned to spend at least $150 million
of the fund on aid to Yemen. So far, none of the assistance has gone
there, as the embattled government struggles with internal uprisings
and an increasingly threatening al-Qaida affiliate.
From: Baghdasarian