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Lithuania receives surplus vehicles from the Netherlands by Richard Tomkins Vilnius, Lithuania (UPI) Aug 18, 2016
Lithuania is touting its bilateral military partnership with the Netherland, which has resulted in the procurement of surplus military vehicles. Over the past six months, Lithuania has received about 200 combat and medium-lift Mercedes-Benz GD vehicles, trucks and other military vehicles from the Netherlands to supplement and update the Baltic country's military fleet. The vehicles were delivered in several phases and more equipment is scheduled for delivery this year and next under the $7.89 million deal. "This is the second military equipment procurement contract between Lithuania and the Netherlands," Lithuania's Ministry of National Defense said. "In 2012-2013 the Lithuanian Armed Forces bought vehicles, communications containers and airport service equipment (to replace outdated and not cost-efficient equipment then used in the Lithuanian Armed Forces) from the Netherlands Armed Forces for a good price." Lithuanian Minister of National Defense Juozas Olekas and Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Lithuania Bert van der Lingen were meeting in the country Thursday to celebrate the successful cooperation between the two countries and future cooperation.
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