Russia, Georgia Sign Border Guard Agreement
Commander of the Georgian Border Guard Department Badri Bitsadze and his Russian counterpart, Director of the Federal Border Guard Service Vladimir Pronichev signed on April 22 an agreement over cooperation regarding protection of the borders.
An agreement considers exchange of information and interaction between the border guard services of the two countries for 2004-2006 years.
“Widening of cooperation between the border guard services of Georgia and Russia includes cooperation on both land and sea sections of the Russian-Georgian border,” Vladimir Pronichev said after the meeting with his Georgian counterpart on April 22.
He also said that the agreement aims at avoiding “any kind of illegal activities on the borders.” The main source of concern for both countries is a Chechen section of the Russo-Georgian border.
