K. Saribekyan: International community indifferent to growing military budget of Azerbaijan
“Azerbaijan intends hiding of its military expenses, thus releases statements that Armenia obtains armaments or grows budget expenses,” Karen Saribekyan, a member of NA standing committee on defense, national security and interior affairs, told Panorama.am referring to Azerbaijan’s critics in address to those countries that sell weapons to Armenia.
The MP urged Azerbaijan to keep an eye on its own affairs and not to intervene in those of others.
“Moreover, Azerbaijan’s military budget significantly grows every year, and more funding is allocated to buy weapons. I’m not interested in who owns the budget and how much is owned, but one thing is obvious, funding is growing while the international community seems indifferent to the fact,” said K. Saribekyan.
Asked if Armenia has also increased its military expenses, the MP said: “Yes, and it’s quite natural, although unlike Azerbaijan we put forth efforts to have quality, which we manage to.”