US President Donald Trump and Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu.
Washington: The Israeli army is now going to be more powerful than before. The US has approved a large arms agreement with Israel. The Trump administration has been kind to Israel from the beginning. The administration, headed by the US President Donald Trump, has approved the sale of arms worth about three billion US dollars to Israel, bypassing the general process of review in Parliament (Congress).
In the notifications sent to the US Congress late on Friday evening, the Ministry of External Affairs said that it has signed an agreement on the sale of more than 35,500 MK 84 and BLU-117 bombs and 4,000 ‘Predator’ armaments worth more than US $ 2.04 billion. The ministry said that External Affairs Minister Marco Rubio has said that the Israeli government needs to immediately sell the above defense materials and defense services keeping in mind the US national security interests due to emergency. Therefore, Congress is being exempted from reviews related to review. ‘
Arms supply will start from next year
The US Ministry said that the supply of arms would begin next year. The ministry also said that Rubio has approved the sale of additional ammunition worth US $ 67 crore 57 lakh to Israel, which will be started from 2028. He said that apart from this, Rubio has also approved the emergency sales of D9R and D9T caterpillars bulldozers worth US $ 29 crore 50 lakh. (AP)
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