FIRST MOTORCADE WITH RUSSIAN MATERIEL ARRIVED IN ARMENIA
PanARMENIAN.Net
18.05.2006 13:42 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The first motorcade with materiel of the 62nd Russian
military base in Akhalkalaki crossed the border and arrived in Armenia,
reported Assistant Commander-in-Chief of Land Forces of the Russian
Defense Ministry, colonel Igor Konoshenkov. “This is the first out
of 13 motorcades with materiel, being withdrawn from Georgia to be
provided as additional equipment for 102nd Russian military base in
Gyumri, Aremnia. The motorcade is composed of 10 cars,” he stated. In
his words, there were no problems with advancement of the motorcade
in Batumi. “In the Georgian territory the motorcade was accompanied
with representatives of the criminal and military police of Georgia,
as well as Russian servicemen,” Konoshenkov explained. Another 11
motorcades of motor equipment and 20 echelons of heavy machinery are
to be withdrawn this year. As reported earlier, the Russian-Georgian
Agreement on the terms, order of temporary functioning and withdrawal
of Russian military bases and other military objects of the Group
of Russian Troops in Transcaucasia from Georgia was signed March 31,
2006, reports RIA Novosti.