MEDVEDEV SUBMITS AGREEMENT ON MILITARY BASES IN ABKHAZIA, SOUTH OSSETIA FOR RATIFICATION

PanARMENIAN.Net
August 9, 2011 – 12:37 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net – Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has submitted
an agreement on deployment of joint Russian bases in South Ossetia
and Abkhazia.

The agreement was signed in 2010 for a 49-year period with possible
prolongation for another 15 years. The main task of the bases is
to curb possible aggression against the two republics and guarantee
security of Russian citizens.

Agreement with Abkhazia envisages naval cooperation, Rossiyskaya
Gazeta reported.