Baku / 14.12.18 / Turan: "In the next five years, the Armenian government intends to allocate an additional $ 2.5 billion to increase the combat capability of the country's Armed Forces," Acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said at the first government meeting after the parliamentary elections.
Among the strategic goals of the government, he called the promotion of investment, the development of the military-industrial complex, increasing the combat capability of the army, etc., reports Radio Liberty.
According to the same source, the new government of Armenia has already sharply increased the military budget for 2019, bringing it to 530 million dollars. In 2018, this figure was at 468 million dollars.
Further, Pashinyan said that over 5 years $ 2.5 billion should be invested in the development of the armed forces. At the same time, he acknowledged that these funds have yet to be found. "We need to carry out serious work on finding these funds, some of which should be aimed at improving the social status of military personnel," he said. -02D-
Politics
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Voting in the early elections to the Milli Majlis of Azerbaijan began at 8:00. Voting is taking place at 6,478 polling stations throughout Azerbaijan, including the lands liberated from occupation. 990 candidates are competing for 125 seats in the unicameral parliament.
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Armenia is not against the dissolution of the OSCE Minsk Group, but does not consider it appropriate to discuss this issue now. "In the context of peace, we consider it possible to make a decision on the dissolution of the OSCE Minsk Group. When peace is an established fact, the existence of such a format may raise questions," Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said at a press conference today. "The whole question is about the timing, we need to understand how effectively and correctly to turn such topics into a subject of discussion right now," the Armenian Prime Minister added.
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He expressed his willingness to meet with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev at the border between the two countries. "A meeting with Ilham Aliyev could take place at the Armenian-Azerbaijani border. I am open to such a format," Pashinyan said at a press conference today. According to Pashinyan, Armenia recently presented another proposal for a peace treaty to Azerbaijan.
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On August 31, Azerbaijan observes a "day of silence" before the Sunday’s early parliamentary elections for the unicameral Milli Majlis. All electoral campaigning is prohibited 24 hours before the voting. The early elections were initiated by the ruling Yeni Azerbaijan Party. This decision was motivated by the overlap of the scheduled elections in November with the global UN forum - the COP20 climate conference taking place in Baku.
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