Interfax, Russia
Jan 16 2009

AZERBAIJAN GETS MORE SUPPORT ON N.-KARABAKH ISSUE – PRESIDENT

Azeri President Ilham Aliyev on Friday credited his country with
generating serious international support in 2008 for its position in
the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

"A resolution by the UN General Assembly that supports the position of
Azerbaijan marks a political and diplomatic success for us," Aliyev
told a government meeting.

Another achievement is a declaration that he and Armenian President
Serzh Sargsyan signed in Moscow, Aliyev said.

He said that in 2009 Azerbaijan would spend an equivalent of $2.3
billion on defense.