PanARMENIAN.Net

Bush Administration Going to Boost Military Aid to
Azerbaijan

07.04.2006 23:37 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The Bush administration is going to
increase the volume of the military aid to Azerbaijan,
Department of State Deputy Spokesman Adam Ereli stated
at a briefing. The executive has already submitted the
budget inquiry to the Congress.

According to Ereli, the decision should be viewed as a
support to the policy of `civic control over the armed
forces and the military cooperation targeted at
stability in the region as well as the integration,
operative compatibility and training of the states of
the region.’

According to some informal sources, the U.S. intends
to allocate Azerbaijan $28 million for the support of
democratic reform, $4.5 million as military assistance
and $885 thousand for the training of the military,
reported ITAR-TASS