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4th train with military hardware leaves Russian base in Georgia

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TBILISI, June 15 (RIA Novosti) - Another train with Russian military hardware from a Soviet-era military base in Georgia has left the former Soviet republic according to schedule, the Georgian Defense Ministry said Thursday.

The ministry said the train had departed from the Black Sea base of Batumi carrying combat support vehicles and trucks.

Under an agreement Russia and Georgia signed March 31, Russian troops and hardware are to leave Georgia's two Soviet-era bases in Akhalkalaki and Batumi by 2008. The pullout from Akhalkalaki, about 30 kilometers (19 miles) from the border with NATO member Turkey, is to be completed by December 2006.

The withdrawal is being monitored by a joint Georgian-Russian commission set up under the March agreement.

The bulk of Russia's weapons will return to Russia and the rest of it will be delivered to a Russian base in Armenia.

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