Agency WPS
DEFENSE and SECURITY (Russia)
June 23, 2006 Friday

WITHDRAWAL OF MILITARY HARDWARE FROM GEORGIA CONTINUES

Withdrawal of military hardware from Akhalkalaki (the 62nd Military
Base) and Batumi (the 12th) continues. Another echelon (the sixth)
with equipment of the 62nd Base left Tsalka railroad station for
Russia the other day. It is carrying 51 vehicle and weapons system.

The fifth echelon of 20 flatcars carrying auxiliary equipment like
cisterns, field kitchens, etc. will leave Batumi for the 102nd
Military Base in Armenia, tomorrow. A fourth convoy of 14 vehicles
will depart Akhalkalaki for Gyumri, tomorrow.

Despite what some media outlets have been insinuating, it is mostly
transport vehicles and suchlike gear that are ferried from bases in
Georgia to the one in Armenia. Only some battle equipment is moved to
the 102nd Military Base of the Russian Army Group in the Caucasus,
all the rest is sent to Russia.

Georgian state structures observe the process. Observers always
accompany convoys leaving Akhalkalaki for Gyumri and railroad
echelons departing Georgia for Russia.

Source: Krasnaya Zvezda, June 21, 2006, p. 3

Translated by A. Ignatkin

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress