Agency WPS
DEFENSE and SECURITY (Russia)
November 15, 2004, Monday

ARMENIA INCREASES DEFENSE SPENDING

The defense budget will increase by 12% to $106 million in 2005; the
spare of defense expenditure in the republican budget will reach 13%.
The government explains this decision by the aggravation of the
situation in Nagorny Karabakh.

Source: Vedomosti, November 11, 2004, p. A3

Translated by Alexander Dubovoi