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08.09.05, 19:35
Aserdbaidschan will bis 2006 seinen Wehretat verdoppeln
Azerbaijan’s Military Budget to Double in 2006
By AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, LENKARAN
Azerbaijan will double military spending in 2006 to $600 million (480 million euros), President Ilham Aliyev said Thursday.
He also warned Armenia that Azerbaijan’s armed forces were capable of re-taking by force Nagorny Karabakh, a territory inside Azerbaijan but currently controlled by Armenia.
”The unconstructive position of Armenia makes it impossible to make progress with the talks. But, for the moment, we hope that a peaceful solution is possible”, Aliyev said during a regional visit to Lenkaran, near the Iranian border.
”At the same time, we are reinforcing our military potential. And if defense spending in 2004 was 270 million dollars; in 2005, 300 million; in 2006 it will equal $600 million,” he said.
”The enemy must know that our army is always able to regain the territory by military force,” Aliyev said.
Quelle: http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?F=1089440&C=mideast
Azerbaijan’s Military Budget to Double in 2006
By AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, LENKARAN
Azerbaijan will double military spending in 2006 to $600 million (480 million euros), President Ilham Aliyev said Thursday.
He also warned Armenia that Azerbaijan’s armed forces were capable of re-taking by force Nagorny Karabakh, a territory inside Azerbaijan but currently controlled by Armenia.
”The unconstructive position of Armenia makes it impossible to make progress with the talks. But, for the moment, we hope that a peaceful solution is possible”, Aliyev said during a regional visit to Lenkaran, near the Iranian border.
”At the same time, we are reinforcing our military potential. And if defense spending in 2004 was 270 million dollars; in 2005, 300 million; in 2006 it will equal $600 million,” he said.
”The enemy must know that our army is always able to regain the territory by military force,” Aliyev said.
Quelle: http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?F=1089440&C=mideast