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    Civil Georgia, Georgia
    April 28 2006

    Georgian MFA Comments on Akhalkalaki Base

    The Georgian Foreign Ministry said on April 27 that there are
    certain forces who will try `to derail the already ongoing process of
    withdrawal' of the Russian military base from Akhalkalaki under the
    pretext of deteriorating social conditions in the region.

    In an information note issued on April 27 the Foreign Ministry
    commented on a protest rally which took place outside the Russian
    military base in Akhalkalaki on April 25. The Russian Foreign
    Ministry said that this protest rally by the local population against
    the withdrawal of the Russian military base hindered the pull out of
    military hardware from the base which was scheduled for April 26.
    Many locals in Akhalkalaki, a a town predominantly populated by
    ethnic Armenians, are employed at the Russian military base.

    The Georgian Foreign Ministry said that a `rather small protest'
    rally outside the base was held mainly by `Russian servicemen and
    their family members.'

    `The Georgian Authorities exercise full control over the situation
    [in Akhalkalaki] and continue to unerringly comply with all
    commitments under the [March 31, 2006] Agreement between the Russian
    Federation and Georgia on Terms and Rules of Temporary Functioning
    and Withdrawal of the Russian Military Bases,' the Georgian Foreign
    Ministry said.

    The information note also stresses that the Georgian authorities are
    planning `a series of effective' social and economic rehabilitation
    programs in the Samtskhe-Javakheti region, including those in frames
    of the U.S.-funded Millennium Challenge Account aid.
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