Moldova to receive 20 HMMWVs from the US

16 July, 2024 HMMWV of the National Army of Moldova. Photo credits: Ministry of Defense of Moldova The National Army of Moldova will receive 20 HMMWVs from the United States.

The Ministry of Defense of Moldova announced this on its official website. The vehicles will be part of a package of American military aid to be delivered this week. The HMMWVs will be transferred to strengthen the capabilities of the Moldovan Armed Forces.

The SUVs will be used by the Moldovan army during national and international training and exercises.

Military training. Illustrative photo from the Ministry of Defense of Moldova

The vehicles are being transferred based on the Memorandum of Understanding on Military Cooperation between the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Moldova and the U.S. Department of Defense, signed on December 4, 1995.

In 2014, the Moldovan National Army received 43 HMMWVs from the United States government. In May, the European Union and Moldova signed a Security and Defence Partnership, which is called the first such document for the EU. Prime Minister Dorin Recean signed the document on behalf of Moldova, and the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy signed it on behalf of the European Union.

Dorin Recean, Moldovan Prime Minister and Josep Borrell, High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy.

Photo credits: Josep Borrell

This partnership will enhance the country's resilience. It will allow it to jointly address common security challenges. In the spring of this year, the Moldovan military received a package of medical assistance from NATO under the Defense Capacity Building Initiative (DCBI) program, worth EUR700,000.

The delivered aid.

Photo credits: Ministry of Defense of Moldova

The aid includes 4,000 individual medical kits, 12,000 tourniquets, and 60 collective medical kits distributed among military units.