Baku military expenditures to total $7 billion in 2003-2009

PanARMENIAN.Net - Azerbaijan spent $4,5 billion for military purposes from 2003 to 2008, the figure growing from $163 million in 2003 up to $1 billion 850 million in 2008, AzerTaj news agency reports.



Next year Azerbaijan is planning to increase defense expenses. Thus, the military expenditures will total $7 billion in 2003-2009.
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