The two sides stressed the need for increased cooperation in the management of defense resources and military equipment. Also on 8 August, Dutch Defense Minister Joris Voorhoeve began a four-day visit to Romania. The number of people infected with cholera in Moldova is on the rise, Western agencies and Infotag reported on 7 and 8 August. The disease, which broke out in that country in July, has already killed two people and infected at least 63. New cases were reported in the town of Stefan-Voda, some 80 kms southeast of Chisinau.
Moldovan officials say that the disease came from neighboring Ukraine.
Moldova has imposed travel bans in areas most affected by the epidemic and has banned the import of fish from Ukraine. The ammunition was discovered when a MiG-19 jet fighter of the Taleban student militia forced a Russian Ilyushin 76 to land at Taleban military headquarters in Kandahar. Inc. This material was reprinted with permission of the Open Media Research Institute, a Prague-based nonprofit organization.