WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — The White House also said it is seeking to provide an additional $30 million in Foreign Military Financing to Tunis in 2015, a 50 percent increase compared to 2014.
“In addition to US assistance, the Foreign Military Sales program facilitated the purchase of eight UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters by Tunisia to build its capacity to deter regional threats, strengthen defensive capabilities, as well as to support counterterrorism operations.”
Tunisia’s newly elected president in Beji Caid Essebsi is currently in Washington, DC. On Thursday, he met with US President Barack Obama in the Oval office, becoming the first democratically elected Tunisian president to visit the White House.
Black Hawk helicopters are produced by Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, a US company based in Statford, Connecticut. More than 2,300 Black Hawks have been sold to 25 countries around the world over the past 30 years, according to the company's website.
