ILHAM ALIYEV: AZERI ARMY MOST EFFICIENT IN SOUTH CAUCASUS
Pan Armenian News
27.06.2005 04:43
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev stated that
the increase of Azerbaijan’s military expenses is conditioned by the
transportation of the Russian armament from Georgia to Armenia. “It
is true that the military equipment is not conveyed to Armenia,
however this fact makes us undertake appropriate measures and increase
military expenses”, Ilham Aliyev said. In his words, this year the
expenses will make $300 million against $175 million in 2004. “The
strengthening of defense possibilities is essential for the settlement
of the Karabakh conflict. “Our army is the most efficient in the South
Caucasian region. We have achieved superiority and will consolidate our
army. We use all the diplomatic and political possibilities, however
the enemy should know that the Azeri army can be mobilized at any
moment and can liberate the seized territories”, Ilham Aliyev stated.