Azeri defense industry output up: minister
BAKU – The number of defense industry goods in Azerbaijan increased by 17 percent in 2010, Minister Yaver Jamalov has said.
Jamalov told a board meeting of the Ministry of Defense Industry that seven new production facilities were launched in 2010 under the ministry’s enterprises.
According to the minister, these plants, established to supply Azerbaijan’s armed forces with advanced combat equipment and the national economy with the devices and spare parts used in machine building, electric engineering and communications, are operating in full capacity.
Jamalov noted that the production of defense goods increased by 2.4 times and that of civilian products by 7.3 percent in 2010.
He pointed out that the Ministry of Defense Industry was closely cooperating with more than 60 companies from 20 developed countries in areas including aviation and navigation.
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