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Sunday, August 26, 2007

Georgia and NATO Aim For Speedy Radar Link

Georgia's radar sites will probably be integrated into NATO's radar system by the end of this year, earlier than planned because of worries about Russian military flights, the Georgian Defense Ministry said Thursday.

"Recent incidents prompted discussions in Brussels, at NATO headquarters, to speed up these procedures, so that Georgia is incorporated into that system as soon as possible," Georgian Deputy Defense Minister Batu Kuteliya said in an interview. "They should probably be finished late this autumn."

The announcement came a day after Georgia accused Russian aircraft of entering its airspace and two weeks after it accused a Russian jet of dropping a missile on its soil. Moscow has dismissed the allegations as nonsense.

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