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Defense Cooperation Between the US and Lithuania.

November 13, 2002

Stinger Missile Defense System Acquisition Agreement Signed Today.

November 13, 2002 --Vilnius. Today US Ambassador John F. Tefft and the Lithuanian Minister of Defense Linas Linkevicius signed a Stinger missile defense system acquisition agreement at the Lithuanian Ministry of National Defense. Lithuania will pay 31 million US Dollars for this modern air defense system in three years.

The United States Congress has to approve all military sales of modern US produced weapons, only then an agreement can be signed between the two Governments. Lithuania started acquiring modern military technology equipment only recently.

Since the restoration of the Lithuanian independence The United States Congress through the United States Department of Defense have been supporting Lithuania by financial allocations to Security Assistance Programs - Foreign Military Funding (FMF -military equipment acquisition), International Military Education and Training (IMET) Programs, and the Humanitarian Assistance Program (HAP) projects.

Total allocations for the above mentioned programs for the past 10 years:

FMF - over 30 million USD
IMET - over 3 millions USD
HAP - over 1 million USD
 
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