Military manpower - reaching military age annually: males: 190,083 (2000 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure: $650 million (FY96)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 2.5% (FY96)
@Romania:Transnational Issues
Disputes - international: dispute with Ukraine over continental shelf of the Black Sea under which significant gas and oil deposits may exist; agreed in 1997 to two-year negotiating period, after which either party can refer dispute to the ICJ
Illicit drugs: important transshipment point for Southwest Asian heroin transiting the Balkan route and small amounts of Latin American cocaine bound for Western Europe
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