TASHKENT - Turkey delivered military equipment worth of 396 thousand U.S. dollars to Uzbekistan Defense Ministry on Wednesday.
The aid which is sent by General Staff Headquarters is comprising of ten jeeps, various military equipment and books that introduce Ataturk.
Turkey's Military Attache in Tashkent Osman Dogan said that Turkey's military equipment aid for Uzbekistan exceeded 1.5 million U.S. dollars between 2000-2002 and he added that the total amount of aid together with the delivered and to be delivered would reach three million 330 thousand dollars.
Dogan said that military relations were getting better thanks to the Military-Technical Cooperation Agreement signed between two countries.
Uzbek Defense Ministry International Relations Department Chairman Enver Kaniyev thanked for the Turkey's military aid on behalf of Uzbek Defense Minister.
(GC-BRC) 19.11.2003