Tuesday, 19 September 2006

RUSSIAN CONVOY PREVENTED FROM CROSSING GEORGIAN BORDER

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By empty (9/19/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)

Six vehicles carrying fuel and lubricants to Russian military bases in Georgia via Azerbaijan are not being allowed to cross the Georgian border, Deputy Commander of the Russian forces in the South Caucasus Col. Vladimir Kuparadze told Interfax-AVN on Tuesday. \"Six vehicles have been in Baku since September 7.
Six vehicles carrying fuel and lubricants to Russian military bases in Georgia via Azerbaijan are not being allowed to cross the Georgian border, Deputy Commander of the Russian forces in the South Caucasus Col. Vladimir Kuparadze told Interfax-AVN on Tuesday. \"Six vehicles have been in Baku since September 7. Every day the Russian military are promised they will be given Georgian visas, but so far this has not happened and no explanations have been given,\" he said. The refusal to issue visas crudely violates the agreement on the operation of Russian bases in Georgia, he said. \"Such obstacles should not be created,\" he said. Meanwhile, Georgian Deputy Defense Minister Mamuka Kudava told the press the reasons for the delay is that \"this amount of fuel and food would have been sufficient for half of the population of Tbilisi, the cargo requires customs clearance.\" (Interfax)
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