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ARMENIAN STANCE PROMPTS HIGHER AZERI MILITARY SPENDING: PM
Assa-Irada, Azerbaijan
July 6 2006
Baku, July 5, AssA-Irada
Azerbaijan is committed to a negotiated settlement to the Upper
(Nagorno) Garabagh conflict, but Armenia's non-constructive stance
hampers these efforts and necessitates increasing military expenses,
Prime Minister Artur Rasizada has said.
"We have set out a goal to bring Azerbaijan's military spending to the
overall budget of Armenia next year. We have to do this, as Armenia
continues to occupy our territories," Rasizada said in a meeting with
his Georgian counterpart Zurab Nogaideli in Baku on Wednesday.
The two premiers expressed gratitude on behalf of their countries for
mutual support for the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan and Georgia.
Discussions also centered on expanding economic cooperation, full
commissioning of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan main export pipeline exporting
oil to world markets and energy issues in general.
Assa-Irada, Azerbaijan
July 6 2006
Baku, July 5, AssA-Irada
Azerbaijan is committed to a negotiated settlement to the Upper
(Nagorno) Garabagh conflict, but Armenia's non-constructive stance
hampers these efforts and necessitates increasing military expenses,
Prime Minister Artur Rasizada has said.
"We have set out a goal to bring Azerbaijan's military spending to the
overall budget of Armenia next year. We have to do this, as Armenia
continues to occupy our territories," Rasizada said in a meeting with
his Georgian counterpart Zurab Nogaideli in Baku on Wednesday.
The two premiers expressed gratitude on behalf of their countries for
mutual support for the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan and Georgia.
Discussions also centered on expanding economic cooperation, full
commissioning of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan main export pipeline exporting
oil to world markets and energy issues in general.