ANOTHER REMOVAL OF RUSSIAN MILITARY HARDWARE FROM GEORGIA
Panorama.am
20:36 16/08/2007
Another shipment of Russian military hardware has just left Batumi
towards Armenia by railway. This was stated by the press service of
the Russian Defense Ministry.
"At 1:30 AM, Thursday night, from the 102nd Russian military base,
a train has left carrying military armaments and technology to
Gyumri. Thirty-four wagons on 19 train cars are carrying the military
hardware.
The weight of the hardware is 200 tons," states Ria "Novosti." At
6 AM the train passed the Jestafon station, and should reach Gyumri
by midnight.
This is the 17th shipment, by train, of Russian military hardware to
Gyumri, expected to be completed by the end of August.
We remind that the removal of Russian armaments from Georgia is in
accordance with the agreement signed on March 31, 2006. On June 27
Russia turned the base in Akhalkalak, built in 1910, over to the
Georgians.