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    RUSSIAN MILITARY CONVOY CROSSES GEORGIAN-ARMENIAN BORDER

    RIA Novosti news agency, Moscow
    18 May 06

    Tbilisi, 18 May: The first convoy carrying the property of the 62nd
    Russian military base in Akhalkalaki has crossed the border with
    Armenia, Col Igor Konoshenkov, an aide to the Russian ground troops
    commander, told RIA Novosti on the phone from the Georgian-Armenian
    border.

    "This is the first out of 12 convoys with the property of the 62nd base
    reassigned to replenish Russia's 102nd military base located in Gyumri,
    Armenia. The convoy of 10 trucks was accompanied to the border by two
    vehicles that have already gone back to Akhalkalaki," Konoshenkov said.

    There were no problems with the journey, he added. The convoy left
    Batumi at 0600 today [0200 gmt]. "On its way across the Georgian
    territory it was accompanied by the officers of Georgia's criminal
    and military police and Russian servicemen," Konoshenkov said.

    'The only difficulty was poor roads to the Armenian border. That is why
    it took us more than three hours to cover 40 km," he said. The convoy
    plans to make the remaining 80 km to Gyumri in three hours to reach
    the destination point by midday, Konoshenkov added. [Passage omitted
    to end: earlier reported details of the Russian pullout from Georgia.]

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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