Russia and Georgia are close to agreeing a withdrawal
Georgian Foreign Minister Salome Zourabichvili said that the Georgian-Russian talks on the timing of withdrawal of Russian military bases from Batumi and Akhalkalaki "nearing completion".
She told reporters that "the parties have advanced to the final phase of negotiations failed to clear the text of the forthcoming agreement on secondary issues and move closer to the core."
Which began yesterday in Tbilisi next round of talks will continue today. Zourabichvili did not rule out that the final approval of the text agreed it "would have to make another trip to Moscow to meet with Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov." The question of the date of completion of withdrawal of the bases before and has not been resolved, according to Russian news service.
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