Interfax.ru, Russia
June 6 2005
Russia to move some armaments from Georgia to Armenia – minister
ST. PETERSBURG. June 6 (Interfax-) – Some Russian armaments will be
moved from bases in Georgia to the Russian base in Armenia, Defense
Minister Sergei Ivanov told a Monday press conference in St.
Petersburg.
“The armaments will not be transferred to Armenia. They will be
simply moved to another Russian military base,” he said.
He said Russia would stick to limits on armaments under the Treaty on
Conventional Armed Forces in Europe.
Russia will start withdrawing two military bases from Georgia in 2005
and complete the withdrawal in 2008, he said.
It was not Russia but the former Soviet Union that opened the bases
in Georgia, he said. “These bases are not important from the military
point of view,” he said.