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Russia Downplays Baku's Concern over Relocation of Part of Arms from Georgia to Armenia
Civil Georgia, Georgia
June 4 2005
Russia's permanent representative at the OSCE Alexei Borodavkin said
while addressing the organization's Permanent Council in Vienna
on June 3, that Azerbaijan should be not concerned over Russia's
decision to redeploy part of its military hardware from bases in
Georgia to Armenia.
According to the Russian Foreign Ministry's information note issued
on June 3, Ambassador Borodavkin informed the OSCE Permanent Council
about the joint declaration signed by Russian and Georgian Foreign
Ministers on May 30, in which Russia pledges to pull out its military
bases from Georgia in the course of 2008.
"Russian armaments which will be redeployed from Georgia to Armenia
will not exceed the norms set by the Adapted Conventional Armed Forces
in Europe (CFE) Treaty."
"This armament and military hardware will be under permanent and full
control of Russia," the Russian Foreign Ministry quotes Borodavkin
as saying.
Civil Georgia, Georgia
June 4 2005
Russia's permanent representative at the OSCE Alexei Borodavkin said
while addressing the organization's Permanent Council in Vienna
on June 3, that Azerbaijan should be not concerned over Russia's
decision to redeploy part of its military hardware from bases in
Georgia to Armenia.
According to the Russian Foreign Ministry's information note issued
on June 3, Ambassador Borodavkin informed the OSCE Permanent Council
about the joint declaration signed by Russian and Georgian Foreign
Ministers on May 30, in which Russia pledges to pull out its military
bases from Georgia in the course of 2008.
"Russian armaments which will be redeployed from Georgia to Armenia
will not exceed the norms set by the Adapted Conventional Armed Forces
in Europe (CFE) Treaty."
"This armament and military hardware will be under permanent and full
control of Russia," the Russian Foreign Ministry quotes Borodavkin
as saying.