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    AZERI ARMY CAN FREE OCCUPIED LANDS - DEFENSE MINISTER

    Interfax News Agency
    Russia & CIS Military Newswire
    August 31, 2006 Thursday 2:26 PM MSK

    The Azeri army is strong and can cope with any tasks facing it, Defense
    Minister Safar Abiyev said answering a question about the chances of
    Turkey giving assistance should hostilities with Armenia resume.

    "If a war [with Armenia] breaks out, the Azeri army won't need the
    assistance of the Turkish Armed Forces," he said.

    Azerbaijan is building up its capacities in procuring the necessary
    arms and hardware for its army, he said.

    "Azerbaijan will continue to boost its might for as long as Azeri
    lands remain occupied," Abiyev said.

    Azeri media reports that EU Commissioner for External Relations
    Benita Ferrero-Waldner sharply criticized Georgia and Azerbaijan for
    growing defense spending at an international conference in Slovenia
    last week. She said that spiraling defense spending in a region
    requiring higher spending on education, health and small business is
    poor policy- making.

    Baku lost control over Nagorno-Karabakh and seven adjacent districts
    during in an armed conflict with Armenia in the early 1990s.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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