KARINE SARIBEKYAN: AZERBAIJAN DESTABILIZES REGIONAL SITUATION
Panorama
Oct 13 2011
Armenia
“Azerbaijan, ignoring the calls of the international community,
is constantly increasing its military spending. The respective
international structures should control the annual armament purchases
by Azerbaijan, because Azerbaijan’s measures destabilize the situation
in the region,” member of the NA Standing Committee on Defense,
National Security and Internal Affairs Karine Saribekyan told a
Panorama.am reporter, commenting on the increase in defense spending
by Azerbaijan.
Note that law “On 2012 State Budget” was submitted for discussion in
Azerbaijan, envisaging a 1.9 percent increase in the military spending
(around 65 million) compared to the previous year, 14.8 percent of
the state budget.
“On the one hand, war threats, on the other hand, armament purchases
can arouse serious problems in the region. Armenia is ready for any
scenario of the conflict settlement, nevertheless, we do not want war.
We see settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict through exclusively
peaceful means,” the parliamentarian said.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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