Moscow Representatives on the Gabala Radar Station

Russian security will not suffer because of stoppage at the Gabala radar station in Azerbaijan, said the president's press secretary, Dmitry Peskov. Russia has the potential to offset "Gabala". There is no doubt that everything necessary for Russia's security will be achieved," said the Kremlin representative.  Meanwhile, the spokesman of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Alexander Lukashevich, said the lease of the Gabala radar station expired on December 9, and on December 10, Russia ceased operation of this facility. "The Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan received a corresponding note from, the Russian embassy in Baku." In addition, “no proposals to resume negotiations to extend the lease of Gabala radar station were received from Azerbaijani," he said.

In June, the commander of Russian Space Defense Forces, General Oleg Ostapenko said that Russia's refusal of the Gabala radar would not cause damage to the security of the Russian state. Decent compensation for the Gabala radar station in Russia will be the new station of "Voronezh" type in Armavir. "This station is capable of solving tasks that were fulfilled at the Gabala radar station," said Ostapenko. -02D-