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Interfax, Russia
April 5 2012
Azerbaijan will not object if Russia decides to build radar station in
Armenia - official
BAKU. April 5
Azerbaijan will not object if Russia decides to build a radar station
in Armenia to operate it instead of that in Azerbaijan's Gabala, which
it will lease at least until the end of 2012, an Azeri presidential
official said.
"We do not have anything against this. Naturally, why could the
Armenian outpost not be a radar post at the same time?" Azeri
presidential spokesperson Ali Hasanov told journalists on Wednesday.
It was reported earlier that Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan
had said in an interview with Kommersant that, if Azerbaijan and
Russia fail to reach a compromise on extending the lease of the Gabala
radar station, Armenia could allow Russia to build such a radar
station on its own territory.
"If Russia needs to build such a station on Armenian territory, we
will not object to this," Hasanov said.
Hasanov pointed out that the Gabala radar station belongs to
Azerbaijan. "We decide whom to lease it out to, on what conditions and
for how long, proceeding from the state's interests. We also take into
account its value, the political situation, and its influence on
relations with the neighboring countries," he said.
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April 5 2012
Azerbaijan will not object if Russia decides to build radar station in
Armenia - official
BAKU. April 5
Azerbaijan will not object if Russia decides to build a radar station
in Armenia to operate it instead of that in Azerbaijan's Gabala, which
it will lease at least until the end of 2012, an Azeri presidential
official said.
"We do not have anything against this. Naturally, why could the
Armenian outpost not be a radar post at the same time?" Azeri
presidential spokesperson Ali Hasanov told journalists on Wednesday.
It was reported earlier that Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan
had said in an interview with Kommersant that, if Azerbaijan and
Russia fail to reach a compromise on extending the lease of the Gabala
radar station, Armenia could allow Russia to build such a radar
station on its own territory.
"If Russia needs to build such a station on Armenian territory, we
will not object to this," Hasanov said.
Hasanov pointed out that the Gabala radar station belongs to
Azerbaijan. "We decide whom to lease it out to, on what conditions and
for how long, proceeding from the state's interests. We also take into
account its value, the political situation, and its influence on
relations with the neighboring countries," he said.
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