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RUSSIA, AZERBAIJAN HAVE ONLY FEW POINTS LEFT TO COORDINATE AT GABALA NEGOTIATIONS - MATVIYENKO
Interfax
April 9 2012
Russia
Federation Council Chairperson Valentina Matviyenko is confident
of the successful outcome of Russia-Azerbaijan negotiations on the
extended renting of the Gabala radar station.
"I am sure we will agree to extend the operation of the Gabala radar,"
she replied to an Interfax question at a press conference in Baku
on Monday.
The defense and foreign ministries have held several rounds of
negotiations, Matviyenko said. "This is a normal negotiating process.
Many disagreements have been settled and a few questions are yet to be
resoled. We can find a coordinated and mutually acceptable solution,"
she said.
"Personally, I think the agreement will be reached. Russia is
interested in that and, in my opinion, Azerbaijan is also interested,"
Matviyenko said.
In turn, Milli Majilis (Parliament) Speaker Oktai Asadov expressed
hope for the successful outcome of the negotiations.
He called inappropriate the Armenian offer to build a new Russian radar
station in Armenia in the case the Moscow-Baku negotiations failed.
"Unfortunately, our Armenian colleagues hastened [to make the offer]
before the negotiations were complete. I am sure that the negotiations
[of Moscow and Baku] will end successfully," he said.
The Daryal information and analytical center is located in the Gabala
region of Azerbaijan. It is an Azeri property. The agreement ratified
by the Azeri and Russian parliaments in 2002 leased the radar to
Russia for 10 years at the annual rate of $7 million. The agreement
will expire in 2012.
Azerbaijan and Russia are negotiating terms of the extension of the
Gabala agreement for the next decade.
Interfax
April 9 2012
Russia
Federation Council Chairperson Valentina Matviyenko is confident
of the successful outcome of Russia-Azerbaijan negotiations on the
extended renting of the Gabala radar station.
"I am sure we will agree to extend the operation of the Gabala radar,"
she replied to an Interfax question at a press conference in Baku
on Monday.
The defense and foreign ministries have held several rounds of
negotiations, Matviyenko said. "This is a normal negotiating process.
Many disagreements have been settled and a few questions are yet to be
resoled. We can find a coordinated and mutually acceptable solution,"
she said.
"Personally, I think the agreement will be reached. Russia is
interested in that and, in my opinion, Azerbaijan is also interested,"
Matviyenko said.
In turn, Milli Majilis (Parliament) Speaker Oktai Asadov expressed
hope for the successful outcome of the negotiations.
He called inappropriate the Armenian offer to build a new Russian radar
station in Armenia in the case the Moscow-Baku negotiations failed.
"Unfortunately, our Armenian colleagues hastened [to make the offer]
before the negotiations were complete. I am sure that the negotiations
[of Moscow and Baku] will end successfully," he said.
The Daryal information and analytical center is located in the Gabala
region of Azerbaijan. It is an Azeri property. The agreement ratified
by the Azeri and Russian parliaments in 2002 leased the radar to
Russia for 10 years at the annual rate of $7 million. The agreement
will expire in 2012.
Azerbaijan and Russia are negotiating terms of the extension of the
Gabala agreement for the next decade.