November 19, 2004 - 21:57 AMT
ARMENIAN MILITARY BUDGET TO INCREASE NEXT YEAR

The expenses for military needs should be increased, as the corresponding expenditures in Azerbaijan and Georgia are several times bigger, chairman of the Parliamentary Committee for Defense and National Security Mher Shahgeldian considers. Minister of Economy and Finance Vardan Khachatrian in his turn promised to introduce the amendments needed into the budget project for 2005.