44 MILITARY HARDWARE UNITS HEAD FROM BATUMI BASE TO ARMENIA

ITAR-TASS, Russia
June 1 2006

TBILISI, June 1 (Itar-Tass) – The train with 44 military hardware
units from the Russian military base in Batumi, Georgia, has left
for the Russian base in Gyumri, northwestern Armenia, a source at
the Georgian Defence Ministry told Itar-Tass on Thursday.

It will bring KamAz, Ural, GAZ-66 trucks, two armored personnel
carriers BTR-60 and four 120-millimeter mortar launchers.

The first train that headed for Gyumri on May 24 delivered 54 hardware
units and military equipment.

Georgian military accompany the train and ensure security.

Another four convoys with hardware and munitions are expected to be
delivered from Batumi to Gyumri in the upcoming months.

In compliance with the Russian-Georgian agreements, the military base
in Batumi should be closed in 2008.

All hardware and munitions will be pulled out from Georgia in 2006-2007
and redeployed in Russia’s military bases and Armenia’s Gyumri.

Last summer two Russian amphibious ships delivered 40 military hardware
units from Batumi to Russia.