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    Russia,Georgia to sign temporary agt on Russian military facilities
    by Eka Mekhuzla

    ITAR-TASS News Agency
    March 30, 2006 Thursday 08:15 PM EST

    Russia and Georgia on Friday will sign an agreement in Sochi on the
    terms and rules of temporary operation of Russian troops in Georgian
    territory, including the military bases in Batumi and Akhalkalaki
    and other facilities, the Georgian Defense Ministry has told Itar-Tass.

    Defense Minister Mamuka Kudava will sign the agreement for Georgia.

    Another document to be signed in Sochi will concern the transit of
    Russian military cargoes and personnel through Georgia.

    Under the agreement Georgian and Russian foreign ministers achieved
    on May 30, 2005 the Russian military bases in Batumi and Akhalkalaki
    are to be withdrawn over a period of 3.5 years (by the end of 2008).

    Last summer saw the first phase of the withdrawal of heavy equipment
    and armaments and motor transport. Most of the hardware was taken to
    Russia (by land or by sea), and some pieces of equipment redeployed
    to the Russian military base in Gyumri in neighboring Armenia.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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