Azerbaijan is studying the proposals of the Russian Federation to extend the lease of the Gabala radar station
"A special commission has been created in Azerbaijan on this issue ... At the moment, the commission is studying proposals from Russia to extend the radar lease agreement," he said.
In March, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said at a briefing that Russia and Azerbaijan are close to finalizing negotiations on the lease of a radar station in Gabala.
In early March, the Kommersant publication, citing sources in the Ministry of Defense and the Foreign Ministry of the Russian Federation, wrote that Azerbaijan was demanding an increase in the cost of a radar station in Gabala, which Russia rents, from 7 to 300 million dollars a year.
The Gabala radar station was one of the most important elements of the USSR missile defense system. After gaining independence by Azerbaijan and the transfer of the radar to its property, the Russian Federation continued to use the station. The agreement on the lease of the radar by Russia was signed in 2002 year. It expires on 24 on December 2012 of the year. The Russian Defense Ministry reported that negotiations were held with Azerbaijan to extend the lease of the Gabala radar station to 2025. Russia expects to complete negotiations by June 2012, since a new agreement must be concluded no later than six months before the expiration of the old contract.
In 2007, Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed the United States as an alternative to deploying US missile defense elements in the Czech Republic, the joint use of the Gabala radar station.
The Gabala radar station is designed to detect launches of land and sea ballistic missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads, as well as for continuous monitoring of outer space. The system makes it possible not only to detect the launch, but from the first seconds to track the rocket trajectory, to transmit data in advance for interception at the desired point in a few seconds after the launch of the rocket.
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