Mon 02 November 2009 | 13:25 GMT
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Azerbaijan’s state budget for 2010 envisages AZN 24 945 644 for improvement in salary and pension benefits in the defense and security sector, and financing social measures.
The Cabinet of Minsiters said the amount for salaries and pensions will remain at the level of 2009. The state budget blueprint envisages AZN 1 205 827 744 for defense spending, of which AZN 1 120 991 187 for the defense forces, including AZN 856 586 973 for Ministry of Defense, AZN 89 306 570 for the State Border Service, AZN 6 652 000 for strengthening the material-technical base, AZN 80 026 523 for the Ministry of National Security, AZN 2 425 271 for research, AZN 2 384 763 for the Ministry of Defense Industry.
In addition, as part of the costs of judicial and law enforcement forces, AZN 62 942 886 will go to the Internal Troops, AZN 63 467 888 for the State Special Protection Service, and AZN 2 173 431 for the State Courier Service.
For the first time, the state budget envisages no funding for the activities within the scope of the NATO Partnership for Peace and the Individual Partnership Plan (IPAP) while the 2009 state budget had AZN 1 378 490 for this purpose.
APA
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