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    AZERI DEFENSE MINISTER REFUTES REPORTS ABOUT ARMENIAN PRESENCE IN
    GABALA RADAR STATION

    ArmenPress
    May 31 2004

    BAKU, MAY 31, ARMENPRESS: Azerbaijani defense minister Safar Abiyev has
    officially dismissed media ruckus that Russian citizens of Armenian
    origin were serving at Gabala Radar Station, leased by Russia in
    Azerbaijan. The minister said 35 Armenians, ostensibly serving at the
    station, are in fact Ukrainians and Udins (a Caucasian ethnic group
    speaking a language of their own and representing the remnant of a
    very early Christian community in Azerbaijan that traces its roots
    back to the 4th century Caucasus Albanian Church) whose surnames end
    in "yan", like those of Armenians. Over the centuries, the Udins
    have been equated with Armenians but, in reality, they are one of
    the distinct ethnic groups.

    The Gabala radar station has a significant place in the Russian
    Federation's air defense and early warning systems. The station is
    also directly linked to the "nuclear suitcase" of the president.
    Gabala Radar Station, which was installed to determine the ballistics
    missiles between continents, has the capacity to determine every move
    in the southern hemisphere.
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