Georgia PM believes withdrawal issue to be settled in near future
By Tigran Liloyan

ITAR-TASS News Agency
March 12, 2005

YEREVAN, March 12 — Georgian Prime Minister Zurab Nogaideli believes
the Russian bases withdrawal issue will be settled in the near future.

The issue was discussed with Russian leaders, he said.

“I think, we’ll agree with Russian leaders in the near future on
withdrawal of Russian military bases deployed in Akhalkalaki and
Batumi from Georgia,” Nogaideli said.

Commenting on the results of his two-day working visit to Armenia,
the Georgian prime minister noted that he did not discuss the Russian
withdrawal issue in Yerevan.