We must reduce time for Georgia pullout to four years – Russian chief of staff
Radio Russia, Moscow
19 May 05
[Presenter] The next meetings of Russian and Georgian experts will
determine the schedule for the withdrawal of Russian military bases
from Georgian territory. Yuriy Baluyevskiy, the chief of General
Staff of the Russian armed forces, has reported this today.
In his words, it is now essential to work on reducing the time for
the withdrawal of the bases from 10 to four years.
[Baluyevskiy] There is [just] one condition. The Russian military
bases must leave to go to territories, to an infrastructure, and not
leave to go to open fields.
The question of “where to” is simple – to the territory of the
Russian Federation.
I do not exclude that part of the armaments, equipment and property
may be taken to the territory of the Republic of Armenia.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress