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    RIA Novosti, Russia
    June 8 2005

    Russian experts arrive in Tbilisi to draft agreement on bases'
    pullout from Georgia
    19:39

    TBILISI, June 8 (RIA Novosti, Marina Kvaratskhelia) - A group of
    military experts headed by Russian Foreign Ministry ambassador at
    large Lev Mironov arrived in Georgian capital Tbilisi on Wednesday to
    draft an agreement on the pullout of Russian bases from Georgia.

    The group's task is to implement the statement which the Russian and
    Georgian foreign ministers signed on May 30. It implies the
    withdrawal of Russian military bases from Georgia in 2008," Mironov
    said.

    Now we should draft a relevant agreement, he added.

    There are no contradictions with the Georgian side on the pullout, he
    said.

    According to the Georgian Foreign Ministry, Deputy Foreign Minister
    Merab Antadze will head the Georgian delegation.

    Russian Foreign Ministry ambassador at large Igor Savolsky will join
    the Russian delegation on June 10.

    On May 30, Russian and Georgian Foreign Ministers Sergei Lavrov and
    Salome Zurabishvili agreed that the withdrawal of the Russian bases
    from Georgia will be completed in 2008.

    Both sides had to make concessions during the talks. At first,
    Georgia proposed 2007 for the final withdrawal and Russia - 2009.

    In compliance with the Lavrov-Zurabishvili statement, in 2005 all
    military facilities except the bases in Batumi (a port on the Black
    Sea) and Akhalkalaki (on the Georgian-Armenian border) will be handed
    to the Georgian side. Military hardware will be withdrawn from
    Akhalkalaki in 2006 and the base will be closed in 2007. Military
    hardware will be pulled out from Batumi in 2008 and the base will be
    closed the same year.
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