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    ITAR-TASS News Agency, Russia
    March 30, 2007 Friday

    Russia to pull out military hardware from Akhalkalaki in May



    The pullout of military hardware from the Russian base in Akhalkalaki
    will resume on April 12 and end in late May, a representative of the
    base command told Itar-Tass by phone on Friday.

    Six convoys carrying military hardware and property will leave
    Akhalkalaki for the Russian base in Gyumri, Armenia, in April-May,
    and some military hardware and property will be transported to Russia
    by railroad on May 17 and 24.

    The pullout schedule has been coordinated with the Georgian Defense
    Ministry.

    According to the source, Russian servicemen will leave Akhalkalaki
    and the base will be transferred to Georgia by July 1. All heavy
    machinery and armaments were withdrawn from Georgia to Armenia and
    Russia last year.

    The pullout of military hardware and property from the Russian base
    in Batumi, which started two years ago, will resume within a month
    and end next year.

    According to the Georgian-Russian agreements, the Batumi base will
    close by October 1, 2008.
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