Military manpower—fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 1,639,144 (1999 est.)

Military manpower—reaching military age annually:
males: 73,486 (1999 est.)

Military expenditures—dollar figure: $121 million (1999)

Military expenditures—percent of GDP: 2.6% (1999)

Transnational Issues

Disputes—international: Armenia supports ethnic Armenians in the Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan in the longstanding, separatist conflict against the Azerbaijani Government; Caspian Sea boundaries are not yet determined among Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Turkmenistan

Illicit drugs: limited illicit cultivation of cannabis and opium poppy, mostly for CIS consumption; limited government eradication program; transshipment point for opiates via Iran, Central Asia, and Russia to Western Europe

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