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Article: PRICE OF VAB ARMORED VEHICLES MUST BE CUT: LEGISLATOR.
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- ANT - LKBN ANTARA (Indonesia)
- Article date:
- September 19, 2006
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Bandung, W Java, Sept 19 (ANTARA) - The government should bargain a further cut in the prices of second-hand French Vehicule de l'Avant Blinde (VAB) armored vehicles to 350,000 - 400,000 euros each if it expected an approval from the House of Representatives (DPR), a legislator said here on Tuesday. "If the government is not able to get a lower price of the armored vechiles which would be used by Indonesian peacekeeping forces in Lebanon, the DPR will not approve their purchase," Djoko Susilo of the Defense Affairs Commission I of the House said. The government is planning to buy 32 VAB armored vehicles from France at 500,000 euros per unit, but the House of ...