AZERBAIJAN KEEPS ON INCREASING DEFENSE EXPENSES
PanARMENIAN.Net
28.04.2008 17:40 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Within the scope of the 2008 state budget adjustment,
Azerbaijan will add about AZM 320 million to the military spending,
MP Zahid Oruj said.
He said the bill on 2008 state budget amendments has been received
by Azerbaijan’s Milli Mejlis. The proposed adjustment envisions
increasing military expenses by 32%.
"It is not correct to deduce from the military spending rise that
Azerbaijan conducts a militaristic policy. The policy of militarization
is the question when more than 2% o GDP goes on military purposes.
This percentage is quite lower in Azerbaijan," Oruj said.
MP Igbal Aghazade hailed the tendency of military expenses’ rise but
says there must be a report how the funds are spent.
"Defense technology in a country that cooperates with NATO should
be brought in line with the Alliance’s," he said, the Azeri Press
Agency reports.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
