RUSSIA WITHDRAWS ABOUT 400 PIECES OF MILITARY HARDWARE FROM GEORGIA
Interfax News Agency
Russia & CIS Military Newswire
August 28, 2006 Monday 3:19 PM MSK
About 180 weapons were relocated from Russia’s 12th military base in
Batumi to Armenia in 2006, Deputy Commander of the Russian Forces in
the South Caucasus Colonel Vladimir Kuparadze told Interfax-Military
News Agency on Monday.
"Six trains have carried 179 units of armaments and military hardware
and 217 tonnes of other property from the 12th base in Batumi to the
102nd base in the Armenian city of Gyumri since the year beginning,"
he said.
This year’s withdrawal of arms, military hardware and property of the
62nd base in Akhalkalaki to Russia will be completed in September,
Kuparadze said.
"It is planned to withdraw 358 pieces of armaments and military
hardware and over 1,671 tonnes of other equipment from Akhalkalaki
to Russia in 2006," he said.
One hundred and ninety pieces of armaments and military hardware and
738 tonnes of other military cargo have been sent by motor transport
from Akhalkalaki to Gyumri this year, he said.
Bilateral agreements provide for the completion of the Russian bases’
withdrawal from Georgia in 2008.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
