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    ArmInfo News Agency
    Sept 29 2005

    AZERBAIJAN'S DEFENCE EXPENSES WILL BE EQUAL TO ARMENIA'S WHOLE
    BUDGET: AZERI PRESIDENT


    YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 29. ARMINFO. In the future Azerbaijan's defence
    expenses will be equal to Armenia's whole budget, Azeri President
    Ilham Aliev says in an interview to YLE (Finland).

    Speaking about the Karabakh peace process Aliev says that Baku wants
    to settle the conflict peacefully but sees that this is impossible
    and has no other choice. That's why Azerbaijan's military spendings
    are growing - next year the country will redouble them and in the
    future they will equal the whole budget of Armenia. "We still want
    peace in the Caucasus but can put up with occupation," says Aliev.

    He says that OSCE MG is the key player in the Karabakh peace process.
    Aliev says that there are many ways to settle the conflict provided
    that the international law is applied and territorial integrity is
    part of this law. "On our side are the international law, political
    processes and economic potential so we will get what we want," says
    Aliev.

    The solution is simple - the Armenian leadership should pluck up
    courage to leave the occupied territories and to create normal living
    conditions including for its own people. This will lead to the
    opening of communications and borders and the normal process will
    resume. "I hope that we will see this day soon," says Aliev.
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