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Israel set to deliver a big shipment of armaments to Georgia

13 February 2010 [11:08] - TODAY.AZ
According to Russian special services, Israel supply Georgia not only with unmanned aircraft, but also intends to deliver a large shipment of firearms and ammunition.
The supplies are reported to be not connected with the government.

According to some sources, Ropadia Ltd, the Israeli firm, registered in Cyprus, via Arsenal, the Bulgarian firm, intends to supply Georgia with 50,000 AKS-47, about 1000 grenade launchers and about 20,000 40-mm grenades for them, and about 15,000 5.56-mm assault rifles.

The source added that several days ago the armaments were ready for delivery.

On Nov. 5, 2009 Lieutenant General Alexander Shlyakhturov [Russia] said that Georgia kept receiving armaments and military machinery from NATO countries, Israel and Ukraine.

/Georgia Times/
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