NATO shares Azerbaijan’s concern about Russian bases in Armenia

Regnum, Moscow
25 Jun 05

“NATO is concerned about the relocation of Russian troops from Georgia
to Armenia. We will raise this issue with the Russian leadership in
the near future,” NATO Assistant Secretary-General for Defence
Planning and Operations John Colston has said in Baku.

He welcomed the Moscow-Tbilisi agreement on the relocation of the
Russian military bases from Georgia, noting that the Russian
Federation has implemented some of its commitments undertaken at the
OSCE summit in Istanbul.

“We welcome the withdrawal of the troops, however, this step should
not disrupt stability in the South Caucasus,” he said.

Colston also stressed that all the staff and arms from the bases in
Georgia should be withdrawn only to Russian territory.