Azerbaijan's military budget to be increased

Military spending in the state budget of Azerbaijan for 2011 will increase by 39 million 735 thousand manat and will reach to 1,364,796,025 manat,  says the draft of amendments to the state budget of Azerbaijan for 2011 sent to the Parliament, APA reports.

In addition to that, the budget provides for 1,087 million manat for the special defense projects. The amount of funds allocated by Azerbaijan on the military needs will be 2582959470 manat (3,270 million U.S. dollars).