LAST ECHELON WITH RUSSIAN ARMAMENT LEFT TBILISI
PanARMENIAN.Net
14.12.2006 12:59 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The withdrawal of Tbilisi Russian garrison is already
completed. Today in the morning from Vaziani (a suburb in Tbilisi)
the 2nd and last echelon with the property and equipment of Tbilisi
garrison of Russian armed forces made for Armenia, to the Russian
military base in Gyumri. The first such echelon headed for Armenia
on November 16, 2006. On November 23 and December 1 two echelons
withdrew the part of Tbilisi garrison property and equipment through
Azerbaijan to Russia. The personnel will be remove on trucks next week,
reports ITAR-TASS.
It is worth mentioning that on Russian Defense Ministry decision the
Tbilisi garrison is being removed ahead of schedule because of rapid
worsening of Russian-Georgian relations. Only a small executive group
will remain in Georgia from Group of Russian Forces in Caucasus. It
will be placed in one of Russian bases in Akhalkalaki or Batumi. These
two bases according to the Georgian-Russian agreement on May 30,
2005 will be withdrawn till the end of 2008.