Tbilisi, Moscow Discuss Routes of Bases’ Withdrawal

Officials from Georgian and Russian Foreign Ministries will meet in Moscow on July 25-26 to discuss route of withdrawal of the Russian military armament and hardware from two military bases in Georgia.

“During these talks we will discuss the issues, which remain unsolved, including issues related with the routes of withdrawal and means of withdrawal,” , RIA Novosti news agency quoted Lev Mironov, the Russian Foreign Ministry’s special envoy, as saying.

Russia wants to redeploy part of its military hardware from Georgia into Armenia.

The Russian and Georgian Foreign Ministers agreed on May 30 that Russia will pull out its military bases from Batumi and Akhalkalaki in the course of 2008.

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