Czech Tanks Arrive in Yemen [Archives:2001/07/Front Page]
February 12 2001
Finally, the military T54 Russian-made tanks arrived in Yemen last week. The Czech Republic suspended their delivery until last week despite the year 2000 deal signed between Yemen and the Czech Republic due to the fear that they would be redirected to a third country. Yemen had previously made a similar deal with Poland in 1999 but some of the tanks were allegedly redirected to Sudan .
To ensure that a similar thing would not happen, the Czech authorities handed the tanks to the Yemeni authorities on Yemeni soil .
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