Azerbaijan’s Military Expenditures to Total $700 in 2006

Azerbaijan’s Military Expenditures to Total $700 in 2006

ArmRadio.am
02.08.2006 13:22

In 2006 Azerbaijan’s military budget will total $700 million,
President Ilham Aliyev said at a session of the Cabinet of Ministers,
Baku Today reported.

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.