Russian troops arrive in Armenia

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Troops from the 12^th Russian military base withdrawn from Batumi, Georgia, arrived to the 102^nd military base in Gyumri, Armenia, at about 06:00 a.m. today. After a customs check by Armenian customs officers of the Russian troop train, passenger carriages with about 150 troops and their families were uncoupled from the train and sent to Gyumri.

The last Russian troop train left Batumi in the night of November 14. Withdrawal of the Russian troops form Georgia, which under the Russian-Georgian agreement was supposed to be completed within 2008, is finished ahead of the schedule.

Now, only peacekeepers in Abkhazia serving under the CIS mandate and in South Ossetia serving as part of the Collective Peacekeeping Forces with Georgia’s participation are left in Georgia.