The defense spending of Azerbaijan for 2015 will make 17.9 percent of the state budget expenditures, APA reports.
According to the draft budget released by the Ministry of Finance, the military expenditures for 2015 will be 3.1 percent higher than 2014. It also includes expenditures on the financial provision of projects and activities for special purposes. Funds are planned to be allocated from the state budget for defense and security agencies.
Incidentally, Russia's Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu visited Baku yesterday. According to the "Komertsant" daily, a part of Shoygu's talks was about the arms delivery. In 2010-2012 contracts were made between Russia and Azerbaijan for the arms delivery for about $4 billion, In 2014 Azerbaijan will buy armament from Russia for $1 billion, the daily says.