Putin ready to share radar ("Qabala") with U.S. (Reuters)

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Putin says ready to share radar info with U.S.
Fri Jun 8, 2007 12:08PM EDT

HEILIGENDAMM, Germany (Reuters) - Russia is ready to share information from a radar station it controls in Azerbaijan with the U.S. military, President Vladimir Putin said on Friday.

"Qabala completely covers the whole region that worries the Americans," Putin told a news conference at the end of a G8 summit, referring to the radar station. "We are ready on-line and in real-time to hand over all information."

Putin proposed to President George W. Bush on Thursday that Washington use the Russian-controlled Qabala radar instead of deploying parts of a missile shield in central Europe meant to ward of the threat of attack from "rogue" states like Iran.