Part of Armament of Russian Military Bases To be xfer’d to Armenia

PART OF ARMAMENT OF RUSSIAN MILITARY BASES IN GEORGIA TO BE
TRANSFERRED TO ARMENIA: RUSSIAN DM

ST.PETERSBURG. JUNE 6. ARMINFO. Part of the armament of the Russian
bases in Georgia will be transferred to the Russian base in Armenia,
Interfax reports Russian Defence Minister Sergey Ivanov as saying at
a press-conference Monday.

There is no question of giving the armament to Armenia. It will
simply be redeployed to another Russian base, says Ivanov noting that
Russia will comply with the CAFE Treaty arms quotas over one or
another territory.

To remind, the withdrawal of the Russian bases from Georgia will
start this year and end in 2008.