US provides border troops of Uzbekistan with special equipment for $600,000

• Published date: 18 January 2023
• Publication title: Central Asian News Services

U.S. Ambassador to Uzbekistan Jonathan Henick presented 225 FLIR thermal monoculars to the Border Troops of the State Security Service of Uzbekistan, the U.S. Embassy reported.

Deputy Commander of the Border Troops COL Bakhtiyar Mansurov accepted the equipment on behalf of the Border Troops. The equipment was presented under the State Department-funded Nonproliferation and Disarmament Fund (NDF).

The FLIR systems are valued at over $600,000 and are part of U.S. security assistance...