The redeployment of Russian military equipment from Georgia to the Russian Defence Ministry’s base in Armenia will not change the balance of forces in the Karabakh conflict zone and will not hamper the quest for the ways of peaceful settlement. Konstantin Kosachev, the chairman of the Committee for International Relations of the State Duma lower house of parliament, expressed his confidence in this on Monday. He said, the Russian military bases are being speedily removed from the Georgian territory. The Russian military base situated in Gyumri, in the Armenian territory, is a possible place to which armaments and equipment can be moved from Akhalkalaki base. “If Azerbaijan offered an opportunity for the deployment of military forces in its territory, Moscow would consent to this,” Kosachev said. “Therefore, the redeployment of Russian military forces will not affect the prospects for erasing tension in relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan,” he said. (Itar-Tass)