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GEORGIAN CAPITAL WITHOUT A RUSSIAN SOLDIER FIRST TIME SINCE 1799
ITAR-TASS News Agency, Russia
December 24, 2006 Sunday 10:15 PM EST
Russia will complete the withdrawal of military personnel from its
former Tbilisi garrison on Monday. The last two vehicles will leave
Tbilisi for a Russian base in Gyumri, Armenia, an officer with the
headquarters of the Russian army group in Transcaucasia told Tass.
All the garrison facilities including the headquarter buildings have
been already transferred to Georgia while military equipment has been
moved to Gyumri.
Thirteen Russian officers who were to remain until the closure of two
Russian bases in Georgia will leave for Batumi on Monday. The bases
in Akhalkalaki and Batumi are scheduled to be closed by October 2008.
>>From December 25, the Georgian capital will remain without a
single Russian soldier for the first time since November 25, 1799
when Russian General Ivan Lazarev, upon agreement between Russian and
Georgian Tsars, brought here two chasseur regiments from Ossetia to
protect Tiflis (Tbilisi) from foreign invaders.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
ITAR-TASS News Agency, Russia
December 24, 2006 Sunday 10:15 PM EST
Russia will complete the withdrawal of military personnel from its
former Tbilisi garrison on Monday. The last two vehicles will leave
Tbilisi for a Russian base in Gyumri, Armenia, an officer with the
headquarters of the Russian army group in Transcaucasia told Tass.
All the garrison facilities including the headquarter buildings have
been already transferred to Georgia while military equipment has been
moved to Gyumri.
Thirteen Russian officers who were to remain until the closure of two
Russian bases in Georgia will leave for Batumi on Monday. The bases
in Akhalkalaki and Batumi are scheduled to be closed by October 2008.
>>From December 25, the Georgian capital will remain without a
single Russian soldier for the first time since November 25, 1799
when Russian General Ivan Lazarev, upon agreement between Russian and
Georgian Tsars, brought here two chasseur regiments from Ossetia to
protect Tiflis (Tbilisi) from foreign invaders.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress