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26 July 2002 - 19:26 AMT

RUSSIA AGREED TO EXPEDITE WITHDRAWAL OF ITS MILITARY BASES FROM GEORGIA

Russia has agreed to expedite the withdrawal of its military bases from Georgia. As Georgian MFA press service has reported, at the negotiations in Moscow, the Russian side offered to decrease the terms of withdrawal of its military bases located in the outskirts of Akhalkalaki and Batumi cities 14 to 11. Meanwhile, the Georgian side thinks it is quite possible to withdraw the bases within 3-year period.