Azerbaijan, Baku, 25 November / Trend corr. I.Alizade/ The Azerbaijani Parliament approved rise of military and defense expenditures in 2009.
The Parliament approved a bill envisaging allocation of more than AZN 2bln (about $2.2bln) to defense and security fields in 2009 at a meeting on 25 November.
Defense and security expenditures of Azerbaijan made up AZN 1.5bln ($1.850bln) in 2008.
From 2003 to 2008 defense and security expenditures amounted to $4.5bln and these expenditures will make up $7bln from 2003 to 2009.
It is planned to purchase new military and technical equipments in defense and security fields by investment part of the allocated finance.
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