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Lithuania Signs Deal For $2Mln Worth of Used Dutch Military Equipment - MoD

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15:03 22.12.2016(updated 15:10 22.12.2016)

Lithuania signed an agreement with the Netherlands on acquirement of estimated 1.95 million euros used military equipment to be delivered by 2018.

VILNIUS (Sputnik) – Lithuania signed an agreement with the Netherlands on acquirement of 1.95 million euros (roughly $2 million) worth of used military equipment to be delivered by 2018, the Lithuanian Defense Ministry said Thursday in a statement.

"Under this agreement, the Lithuanian Army will receive more than 200 units of various used military equipment in a few stages by 2018…. The total value of acquired machinery and equipment is 1.95 million euros," the statement read.

Vilnius will receive off-road Mercedes Benz vehicles, DAF trucks, generators and other equipment.

Previously, the countries concluded four similar agreements. In 2012-2013, Lithuania bought vehicles and equipment for airports.

© Sputnik



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