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    AZERBAIJANI TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY NOT QUESTIONED ...

    Interfax News Agency
    June 26, 2008
    Russia

    The possible separation of Karabakh from Azerbaijan is not being
    discussed at the settlement negotiations, President Ilham Aliyev said
    during a military parade in Baku.

    The negotiating parties do not doubt the territorial integrity of
    Azerbaijan and do not discuss possible ways to separate Karabakh from
    Azerbaijan, he said.

    We continue negotiations with Armenia. Yet the negotiations have been
    on for a very long time, and people have grown tired of them.

    Negotiations cannot last forever. True, we have achieved some positive
    results, he said.

    The unsettled Karabakh conflict makes Baku pay more attention to its
    military might, the president said.

    We must be prepared for the liberation of our lands any minute. We
    have been suffering from this occupation for a decade. Thus, a strong
    army is a priority of the nation, the government and each citizen,
    Aliyev said.

    Military expenditures are a primary spending item, he said. We will
    assign as much funds as we need for defense. Currently, our defense
    expenditures exceed $2 billion, which is ten times larger than in 2003.

    Our defense expenditures will continue to grow, he said.

    He said that this situation alarms international organizations.

    However, we are increasing all the other state expenditures, as well.

    Our state expenditures amounted to $1.3 billion in 2003. Now, the
    nation's consolidated budget exceeds $16 billion. They should not
    view defense expenditures separately, he said.

    Today's parade will show a small part of our military potential.

    People will see what our army is capable of doing, Aliyev said.
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