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Azerbaijan Supply and Budgeting
Azerbaijan reportedly receives weapons of uncertain origin
from various Islamic nations to assist in the struggle to retain
Nagorno-Karabakh. In late 1993, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
made an official report to the CSCE on the weapons at
Azerbaijan's disposal, fulfilling the requirement of the 1991
Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty (
CFE
Treaty--see Glossary).
According to this report, during 1992 and 1993 Azerbaijan
received more than 1,700 weapons--including tanks, armored
personnel carriers, aircraft, artillery systems, and
helicopters--from Russia and Ukraine, far above the CFE Treaty
limits.
According to IMF and Azerbaijani government data, defense
expenditures placed a severe burden on the national budget. In
1992 some US$125 million, or 10.5 percent of the total budget,
went to defense. The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict also raised
expenses for internal security to 4 billion rubles in 1992. By
1994 military expenditures officially reached US$132 million,
although unofficial estimates were much higher.
Data as of March 1994
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