RUSSIA SET TO BEGIN MILITARY WITHDRAWAL FROM BASE IN GEORGIA 30.07.2005 - 00:48:38
The withdrawal includes the shipment of some 20 tanks and another 40 heavy weapons and equipment from the port of Batum by Russian warships and the transport of an undetermined number of Russian troops by military convoy to North Ossetia...
The deputy commander of Russian forces in the Transcaucasus, Colonel General Vladimir Kuparadze, said on 28 July that the withdrawal of equipment from the Russian base in Batum, Adjara will begin on 29 July 2005.
Kuparadze added that the withdrawal was initially scheduled for 28 July but was delayed by one day for ´´technical reasons.´´
The withdrawal includes the shipment of some 20 tanks and another 40 heavy weapons and equipment from the port of Batum by Russian warships and the transport of an undetermined number of Russian troops by military convoy to North Ossetia.
Russian military officials have also asked their Georgian counterparts to ´´reinforce a number of bridges along the Akhalkalaki-Akhaltsikhe road´´ that are too weak to support the weight of tanks and armored vehicles.
The Russian withdrawal from its two remaining bases in Georgia stems from a May 2005 agreement calling for a complete and final withdrawal by late 2007.
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