Military manpower—military age: 18 years of age
Military manpower—availability:
males age 15-49: 565,811 (1999 est.)
Military manpower—fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 443,879 (1999 est.)
Military manpower—reaching military age annually:
males: 16,883 (1999 est.)
Military expenditures—dollar figure: $60 million (1999)
Military expenditures—percent of GDP: 0.9% (1999)
Transnational Issues
Disputes—international: draft treaty delimiting the boundary with
Russia has not been signed; ongoing talks over maritime boundary
dispute with Lithuania (primary concern is oil exploration rights)
Illicit drugs: transshipment point for opiates and cannabis from
Central and Southwest Asia to Western Europe and Scandinavia and
Latin American cocaine and some synthetics from Western Europe to
CIS; limited production of illicit amphetamines, ephedrine, and
ecstasy for export
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