RUSSIA CONTINUES PULLING OUT MILITARY HARDWARES FROM GEORGIA BASES

Xinhua, China
May 25 2006

MOSCOW, May 25 (Xinhua) — A convoy of trucks carrying heavy weapons
and equipment from a Russian military base in Georgia departed
on Thursday as Russia continued its pullout from its bases in the
Caucasus Mountain nation, the headquarters in Transcaucasia announced.

The trucks will bring from the Batumi base to the Russian base Gyumri
in Armenia 54 units of military material, communication trucks as
well as some property, the Itar-Tass news agency reported.

This is the third convoy of trucks which pulled out weapons and
property of Russian troops from bases in Georgia in 2006. The two
previous ones pulled out military property from the Akhalkalaki base.

Another six train will depart from Batumi over the next few months.

Russia and Georgia signed an agreement in late March that set out
the deadline and details of the pullout of Russian military bases
from Georgia.

Under the accord, the two sides agreed to complete the phased
withdrawal of the Russian bases and other military installations in
Georgia by the end of 2008.

Russia inherited four military bases in Georgia from the former Soviet
Union and has withdrawn two of them.