U.S. calls on Azerbaijan to combine efforts to combat threats from Iran

PanARMENIAN.Net - The U.S. calls on Azerbaijan to combine efforts to combat threats from Iran.



"We think that Iran represents a threat for the United States, Europe and Russia and therefore, we call on Azerbaijan for joint activity," the U.S. Ambassador to Azerbaijan, Ms. Anne E. Derse said when commenting on the U.S.-Russia talks on Gabala radar base in Azerbaijan.



Russia is currently leasing the Gabala radar base which is part of the Russian system tracking movement of the ballistic missiles. The station was constructed during Soviet Union-era as one of the most significant elements of the USSR anti-missile system.



Russian and U.S. experts held several meetings on this issue, but exact decisions have not been made yet.



The Ambassador said that joint use of the Gabala base is an urgent issue for the U.S. and NATO. "The U.S. supports the prompt and positive development," the Ambassador said, Trend Azeri news agency reports.