Thursday, 28 July 2005

RUSSIA TRANSFERRING MATERIAL FROM GEORGIAN BASE TO ARMENIA

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By empty (7/28/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)

A convoy of vehicles belonging to the Russian 62nd military base stationed in the Georgian community of Akhalkalaki has been transferred to the Russian 102nd military base in Armenia\'s Gyumri, deputy commander of the Russian military contingent in the South Caucasus Col. Vladimir Kuparadze told Interfax. \"This is not the beginning of the withdrawal of Russian military bases from Georgia, as some in the media have prematurely reported,\" Kuparadze said.
A convoy of vehicles belonging to the Russian 62nd military base stationed in the Georgian community of Akhalkalaki has been transferred to the Russian 102nd military base in Armenia\'s Gyumri, deputy commander of the Russian military contingent in the South Caucasus Col. Vladimir Kuparadze told Interfax. \"This is not the beginning of the withdrawal of Russian military bases from Georgia, as some in the media have prematurely reported,\" Kuparadze said. \"It is an excess of material that has been transferred from Akhalkalaki to Gyumri, we started to clear our bases in Georgia long before the Russian and Georgian foreign ministers concluded an agreement on the timeline for withdrawing the Russian bases,\" he said. (Interfax)
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