Thursday, 16 March 2006

AZERI MILITARY BUDGET TO EQUAL TOTAL ARMENIAN STATE BUDGET – ALIYEV

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Azerbaijan\'s military budget will soon equal Armenia\'s entire state budget, said Azeri President Ilham Aliyev. \"Our military budget is currently about $600 million. I have set the goal that our military expenditure be increased to the size of Armenia\'s entire state budget in the near future,\" Aliyev told the second world congress of Azeris in Baku on Thursday.
Azerbaijan\'s military budget will soon equal Armenia\'s entire state budget, said Azeri President Ilham Aliyev. \"Our military budget is currently about $600 million. I have set the goal that our military expenditure be increased to the size of Armenia\'s entire state budget in the near future,\" Aliyev told the second world congress of Azeris in Baku on Thursday. \"Armenia will never be able to compete with us. The sooner the Armenian leadership understands this, the more beneficial it will be for them,\" he said. (Interfax)
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