Last train with equipment leaves base Russia abandoning in Georgia
by Fyodor Zavyalov
ITAR-TASS News Agency
July 13, 2006 Thursday 12:46 PM EST
Last train with equipment and weaponry bound for a Russian military
base in Gumri, Armenia, has left base No. 12 of the Russian Group
of Troops in Trans-Caucasus, the press service of the North Caucasus
Military District said.
This is the sixth train taking weaponry and equipment to Gumri.
"They will be used to fill blank positions on the tables of equipment
of the base and to build up the stocks of material resources needed
for maintaining the necessary levels of combat readiness and life
support systems," a source at the military district headquarters said.
Since the beginning of a pullout of Russian military bases from
Georgia, nine trains with weaponry and equipment have left for Russia
and another ten trains will be consigned before the end of the year.
Russian defence officials say the list of cargoes to be delivered to
Russia includes 400 units of defence technologies and over 1,500 tons
of equipment.
Russia is pulling its bases out of Georgia under provisions of
agreements with Georgian government.
All the steps under the agreements precisely match the plan the sides
approved earlier, the source said.