State Department Suspends Arms Import Licenses for Czech, Kazakhstani Firms

By Thomas Duffy / February 16, 2000 at 5:00 AM
The State Department today gave formal notice that it was suspending the arms import licenses of two Czechoslovakian companies, two Czech citizens, and a Kazakhstani citizen. In a notice printed in the Federal Register , the department said suspending the licenses for the two companies and three individuals "would be in furtherance of the national security and foreign policy of the United States." The two companies are Uralsk Plant Metallist in the republic of Kazakhstan and Agroplast in the Czech...

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