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Friday, 03 March 2006
AGREEMENT ON RUSSIAN BASES IN GEORGIA TO BE SUBMITTED TO PUTIN
By empty (3/3/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The Russian government will submit to President Vladimir Putin a draft agreement regulating the withdrawal of Russia\'s military bases from Georgian territory. The document envisions the withdrawal of the Russian bases in Batumi and Akhalkalaki by the end of 2008, giving Russia until late 2006 to withdraw military hardware from the Akhalkalaki base. The Russian base in Akhalkalaki is to be closed down on December 31, 2007, at the latest.
The Russian government will submit to President Vladimir Putin a draft agreement regulating the withdrawal of Russia\'s military bases from Georgian territory. The document envisions the withdrawal of the Russian bases in Batumi and Akhalkalaki by the end of 2008, giving Russia until late 2006 to withdraw military hardware from the Akhalkalaki base. The Russian base in Akhalkalaki is to be closed down on December 31, 2007, at the latest. The closure of the Batumi base and the withdrawal of the command of the Group of Russian Troops in Transcaucasia will take place in 2008. (Interfax)