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  • S Sargsian: Expenditure on Armenian Army in 2005 Not Less than Azerb

    SERGE SARGSIAN: EXPENDITURE ON ARMENIAN ARMY IN 2005 WON'T BE LESS
    EVEN BY ONE CENT THAN AZERI ARMY EXPENDITURE

    YEREVAN, APRIL 11, NOYAN TAPAN. "A soldier should be filled with
    feelings of dignity and patriotism rather than with revenge," the RA
    Defence Minister Serge Sargsian expressed this conviction at the April
    8 meeting with members of the Union of Writers of Armenia. Asked if
    maintaining balance with Azerbaijan requires the Armenian army's
    rearmament, the defence minister replied it would be more expedient to
    modernize the armaments available. According to the Defence Minister,
    maintaining balance requires considerable financial resources. He
    noted that although today the Armenian army's armaments are at a high
    level in comparison with the neighboring countries, there are programs
    of its rearmament, with stress being laid on modernization rather than
    on purchase of new military equipment. In particular, about 1 bln USD
    is needed to acquire 300 new tanks, that is, 10 times more than
    modernizing the tanks. Serge Sargsian stated that the amount to be
    spent on the Armenian army in 2005 will will not be less even by one
    cent that the expenditure on the Azeri army but "it is a different
    matter how and where we will obtain these funds." As regards
    Azerbaijan's hopes for a big military budget, the minister noted that
    "we have heard this for 10 years already, and will hear for another 10
    years."

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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