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Experts Concerned Over Military Expenditures Increase In South Cauca

EXPERTS CONCERNED OVER MILITARY EXPENDITURES INCREASE IN SOUTH CAUCASUS
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PanARMENIAN.Net
12.06.2008 15:29 GMT+04:00

Global military expenditure totaled $1,3 trillion last year, fixing
a 10% increase against last year’s data, according to Stockholm
International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).

The major spenders are the United States with $578 billion and Russia
with $45,6 billion.

However, experts are concerned over the growth of military expenditures
in Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan.

Spending 5 per cent of its budget for military purposes, Tbilisi
exceeded expense items 28 times.

Azerbaijan has increased military expenditures half as much.

Yerevan doesn’t spend much. Its military expenditures amount to $272
million. But the country receives extra assistance from Russia and
Iran, whose funds can exceed local defense expenses, analitika.az
reports.

The database on military expenditure covers 168 countries and contains
consistent time series for the period since 1988. SIPRI military
expenditure data are based on open sources only, including a SIPRI
questionnaire, which is sent out annually to all countries included
in the database.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

Emil Lazarian: “I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS
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