The withdrawal of Tbilisi Russian garrison is already completed. Today in the morning from Vaziani (a suburb in Tbilisi) the 2nd and last echelon with the property and equipment of Tbilisi garrison of Russian armed forces made for Armenia, to the Russian military base in Gyumri. The first such echelon headed for Armenia on November 16, 2006. On November 23 and December 1 two echelons withdrew the part of Tbilisi garrison property and equipment through Azerbaijan to Russia. The personnel will be remove on trucks next week, reports ITAR-TASS.
It is worth mentioning that on Russian Defense Ministry decision the Tbilisi garrison is being removed ahead of schedule because of rapid worsening of Russian-Georgian relations. Only a small executive group will remain in Georgia from Group of Russian Forces in Caucasus. It will be placed in one of Russian bases in Akhalkalaki or Batumi. These two bases according to the Georgian-Russian agreement on May 30, 2005 will be withdrawn till the end of 2008.
