Azerbaijan’s Military Expenditures to Total $700 in 2006
Baku Today, Azerbaijan
Aug 1 2006
In 2006 Azerbaijan’s military budget will total $700 million, President
Ilham Aliyev said at a session of the Cabinet of Ministers yesterday.
Mr. Aliyev said this is $100 million more than was previously
allocated in the state budget. The president said that the government
is committed to peacefully resolving the Karabakh conflict, but at
the same time stressed the need to strengthen the country’s defense
potential.