Azerbaijan Foreign Minister Elmar Mammedyarov announced his country is ready for talks on Russia-US joint use of the Gabala Radar Station. He made the announcement to reporters in Baku today, REGNUM news agency reports.

Mammedyarov noted that the issue had been touched upon during his talks with Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov.

According to the Azerbaijani foreign minister, he told Lavrov that Moscow cannot discuss usage of the radiolocation station together with the United States without taking into account official position of Baku.

The minister confirmed that Moscow had addressed Baku asking to tackle the issue and Azerbaijan is ready to start consultations in a two- or three-party format.

According to Elmar Mammedyarov, the cooperation will cause problems in the Azerbaijani-Iranian relations.

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