Military manpower—military age: 18 years of age
Military manpower—availability:
males age 15-49: 1,151,674 (1999 est.)
Military manpower—fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 908,347 (1999 est.)
Military manpower—reaching military age annually:
males: 38,666 (1999 est.)
Military expenditures—dollar figure: $6.3 million (FY99)
Military expenditures—percent of GDP: 1% (1999)
Transnational Issues
Disputes—international: separatist Transdniester region, comprising the area between the Nistru (Dniester) River and Ukraine, has its own de facto government, dominated by Moldovan Slavs
Illicit drugs: limited cultivation of opium poppy and cannabis, mostly for CIS consumption; transshipment point for illicit drugs from Southwest Asia via Central Asia to Russia, Western Europe and possibly the United States
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