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One billion 344 million AZN was spent to the defense projects in Azerbaijan last year, said First Deputy Prime Minister Yagub Eyyubov, submitting the government’s report to the parliament, APA reports.
Yagub Eyyubov said 141 million AZN was allocated for the Ministry of Defense Industry for production of defense goods and number of important works has been done in this field. “The government paid much attention to the strengthening of combat effectiveness of the army, its arms and technical maintenance. These measures will be continued in 2009”.
