Vigil Posted March 12, 2004 Report Share Posted March 12, 2004 (edited) Bilik Dunyasi news agency, Baku, in Russian 11 Mar 04 Over 1m dollars amassed in Azeri help-the-army fund BAKU The amount of funds amassed so far in the help-the-army fund of the Azerbaijani armed forces totals 6.72bn manats [1.37m dollars]. A total of 14,000 dollars have been transferred into the fund in foreign currency, the press service of the Azerbaijani Defence Ministry has told Bilik Dunyasi news agency. The ministry spokesman, Ramiz Malikov, said that these donations would not be spent on Azerbaijani officer Sr Lt Ramil Safarov who is being charged with killing an Armenian officer in Budapest. "The Azerbaijani president and commander-in-chief, Ilham Aliyev, keeps the fund's spending under his personal control," Col Malikov said. Edited May 31, 2004 by Vigil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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