Azerbaijan Will Increase Defense Costs

In the state budget of Azerbaijan, defense and safety expenses will be increased for 2025. This is reported by local media.

The state budget project states that the costs of defense and safety in the new year will amount to 8 billion 396 million manat.

financing of these expenses will be ensured by increasing the transfer from the State Oil Fund of Azerbaijan to the State Budget by 1 billion 700 million manat.

The cost structure for 2025 includes 2 billion 665.2 million in the Armed Forces, 467 million 917 thousand – for national security, 540 million 314 thousand manat – for the border service. Also for other activities related to the field of defense and national security, 4 billion 717.4 million manat are provided.