Baku military expenditures to total $7 billion in 2003-2009October 18, 2008 - 14:47 AMT 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. ![]() ![]() Azerbaijani authorities report that they have already resettled 3,000 people in the Nagorno-Karabakh town of Stepanakert. On June 10, Azerbaijani President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev will leave for Turkey on a working visit. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. ![]() ![]() Partner news | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |