Civil Georgia, Georgia
July 25 2005

Tbilisi, Moscow Discuss Routes of Bases’ Withdrawal

Officials from Georgian and Russian Foreign Ministries will meet in
Moscow on July 25-26 to discuss route of withdrawal of the Russian
military armament and hardware from two military bases in Georgia.

`During these talks we will discuss the issues, which remain
unsolved, including issues related with the routes of withdrawal and
means of withdrawal,’ , RIA Novosti news agency quoted Lev Mironov,
the Russian Foreign Ministry’s special envoy, as saying.

Russia wants to redeploy part of its military hardware from Georgia
into Armenia.

The Russian and Georgian Foreign Ministers agreed on May 30 that
Russia will pull out its military bases from Batumi and Akhalkalaki
in the course of 2008.