Thursday, January 11 2018 13:40

ArmInfo.President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev at the meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers, dedicated to the results of socio-economic development for 2017 and  forthcoming tasks, announced his intention to continue strengthening  the army of the country.

He assured that the Azerbaijani army is ready to fulfill any assigned  task. "We are building up our military might as well." Today,  according to the international rating, the Azerbaijani army is on the  list of strong armies on a world scale. "We are doing everything  necessary for our army, the material and technical base of our army  is being strengthened, military bases, towns, military units are  being reconstructed, already 80% of our military campuses, bases,  units meet international standards.The necessary amount of funds is  allocated and will continue to be allocated for the implementation of  necessary measures, including for the purchase of a new modern nnogo  weapons, "-  Aliev said.

The Azerbaijani leader, as always, did not bypass Armenia, and  assured that unlike "poor Armenia, Azerbaijan lives at its own  expense, including building its military power at its own expense."  "Unlike Armenia, we do not beg anybody, we do not beg for anyone, we  do not appeal for a loan, so the public of Azerbaijan and the enemy  should know that the Azerbaijani army will continue to grow stronger  and ready to fulfill any task." A recent history showed this, "-  Aliyev summarized, however, did not disclose the parenthesis of what  kind of story is being talked about.