 ARMENIA SPENDS 8.2 PERCENT OF ITS GDP TO DEFENSENovember 9, 2000 - 18:04 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - 09.11.2000, MEDIAMAX, YEREVAN. Armenia spends 8.2 percent of its GDP to Defence, one of the heads of Defense Industry of Turkey Dursun Ali Ercan said. The Turksih press writes that speaking about the necessity of developing the national defense industry based on high technology Ercan stressed that today Turkey assigns 4.2 percent of its gross national product to defense. Ercan said this figure is 7.2 percent in Syria, 6.8 percent in Iraq, 8.2 percent in Armenia, 4.7 percent in Greece, and 3.7 percent in Bulgaria. --0--   Top stories The Armenian Defense Ministry has denied Azerbaijan's accusations of violating the ceasefire. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg.   Partner news |  Latest news Putin to meet Erdogan, Aliyev on SCO sidelines  Putin will hold meetings with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev.CSI urges IOC to ban Azerbaijan from Paris 2024 The organization said in a statement that there is no place for genocide at the Olympics.Freedom House: “Why are there no Armenians in Nagorno Karabakh?” Freedom House has published a report summary titled “Why are there no Armenians in Nagorno Karabakh?”Aliyev: Change in Armenia’s Constitution key for singing peace deal Ilham Aliyev has declared that most important condition for signing a peace agreement is for Armenia to change its Constitution. |
