RUSSIA-GEORGIA MILITARY NEGOTIATIONS HAVE GOOD PROSPECTS-DIPLOMAT
By Ksenia Kaminskaya

ITAR-TASS News Agency
September 6, 2005 Tuesday 3:04 PM Eastern Time

Russian-Georgian military negotiations have good prospects, Russian
Foreign Ministry Ambassador Lev Mironov told Itar-Tass ahead of a
Russian delegation visit to Tbilisi.

Negotiations on the Russian bases’ pullout from the territory of
Georgia will be held in Tbilisi on Wednesday.

“We want to coordinate an agreement on transit of military cargo
across Georgia. The bases are being pulled out, and we are taking
away property. Some cargo is being transported to Russia, and some
goes to Armenia, where a Russian base is located,” Mironov said.

Russian Foreign Ministry Representative for CIS Affairs, Ambassador
Igor Savolsky and Georgian Deputy Foreign Minister Merab Antadze will
hold the negotiations as the heads of delegations, while Mironov
and his Georgian counterpart Malkhaz Mikeladze will hold expert
consultations.