(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 2. The goal is
to finance additional measures under the 'Big Return' program to
the liberated territories from Armenian occupation [after second
Karabakh War] and to strengthen the defense capability, Finance
Minister Samir Sharifov said, trend reports.
He made the remark at a joint meeting of the
committees of the Milli Majlis (Parliament) on economic policy,
industry and entrepreneurship, and on labor and social policy
during the discussion of amendments to the law "On the State Budget
of the Republic of Azerbaijan for 2023".
The minister said that it provides for the repayment
of obligations under international aid programs and international
treaties, the application of a new approach to public debt
management and the implementation of a number of other necessary
public expenditures.
Amendments to the law "On the State Budget of the
Republic of Azerbaijan for 2023" are being discussed at a joint
meeting of the Milli Majlis committees on economic policy, industry
and entrepreneurship and on labor and social policy.
The revenues of the revised state budget for 2023 are
projected at 33.7 billion manat ($19.8 billion), which is three
million manat or $1.7 billion (9.8 percent) more than the approved
figure.
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