Friday, 27 May 2005

RUSSIA HAILS GEORGIAN PRESIDENT\'S FOREIGN BASES PLEDGE

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By empty (5/27/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)

Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Aleksandr Yakovenko lauded on 26 May Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili\'s statement during his address earlier that day to mark the anniversary in 1918 of Georgia\'s independence that Georgia will not host any foreign military bases after the closure of the two remaining Russian bases on its territory, according to the Russian Foreign Ministry website (http://www.ln.mid.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Aleksandr Yakovenko lauded on 26 May Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili\'s statement during his address earlier that day to mark the anniversary in 1918 of Georgia\'s independence that Georgia will not host any foreign military bases after the closure of the two remaining Russian bases on its territory, according to the Russian Foreign Ministry website (http://www.ln.mid.ru/brp_4.nsf/sps/A50484DC1A4EA251C325700D003F18C5) Yakovenko added, however, that Moscow would like Tbilisi to provide formal legal written confirmation of its intention. In late February,
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