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    MP ACCUSES AZERBAIJANI DEFENCE MINISTRY OF PURCHASING OLD MILITARY EQUIPMENT

    Trend News Agency
    Feb 1 2008
    Azerbaijan

    Azerbaijan, Baku, 1 February / The situation in the Azerbaijani Army
    should be discussed in Parliament. "The funds allocated from the public
    budget for the army are not being spent on purchases of new equipment,"
    MP Gudrat Hasanguliyev said at the parliamentary meeting on 1 February.

    The fighter jet MIG-29 of the Air Forces of Azerbaijan crashed during
    the training nearby the Shurabad Khizi settlement on 29 January. Both
    pilots on board the fighter jet, Fakhraddin Asgarov and Afgan Aslanov,
    died.

    According to Hasanguliyev, the Defence Ministry purchases old
    equipment. "A new MIG-29 jet costs $31mln. The Azerbaijani Defence
    Ministry purchases old airliners paying $26mln for each and then buys
    expensive navigation systems from France. As a result, a fighter jet
    crashed and killing two Azerbaijani professional pilots. This issue,
    as well as the nationality of the people who buy the airliners should
    be investigated," he said.

    The war between Azerbaijan and Armenia is not over. Therefore, the
    army is not a matter of one or two people in the Defence Ministry,
    but the entire nation, Hasanguliyev said. "The number of Azeri Turks
    should be increased in the Army's administration. It is time to speak
    openly about this," he said. The administration of the Defence Ministry
    should be called to Parliament to deliver a report, he added.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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