ARMENIAN FORCE IS NOT LESS EFFECTIVE THAN NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES’
Lragir.am
12 Sept 2007
The Armenian force is not less effective than neighboring countries’,
the minister of defense of Armenia Michael Harutiunyan told reporters,
Novosti Armenia reported.
"The Armenian force is not inferior to our neighbors, in particular
Azerbaijan, in any aspect. The effectiveness of the armed force does
not only depend on assignments. Professionalism and organization are
also highly important," he said in commenting on the boosted military
budget of Azerbaijan.
According to him, the armed force of Armenia always gets sufficient
funding. At the same time, Harutiunyan advised the Azerbaijani
government to spend their resources on solving the social problems
of refugees.
In 2006 the Armenian government assigned 75.2 billion drams (about
222 million dollars) for defense.