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Pashinyan: Investments in Armenia`s military-industrial complex  amounted to approximately $450 million over past two years

Pashinyan: Investments in Armenia`s military-industrial complex  amounted to approximately $450 million over past two years

ArmInfo. The investments in Armenia's military-industrial complex have amounted to approximately $450 million over the past two years. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan  announced this in a video address on Facebook on November 8.

"In 2023-2025, the Armenian government invested approximately 171  billion drams in the military- industrial complex of the Republic of  Armenia. This is approximately $450 million," the Prime Minister  noted. 

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