Baku to voice 'discontent' about deployment of Russian military hardware in Armenia

PanARMENIAN.Net - "Deployment of Russian military hardware will be discussed at a meeting with the Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov, who is starting a visit to Azerbaijan today," Azeri Defense Minister Safar Abiyev told a news conference in Astana, Trend reports.



November 16, the last special train with some 200 tons of equipment of the former 12th Russian military base in Batumi arrived in Gyumri.



Over 500 peaces of military hardware and 2 thousand tons of material and technical equipment of the Russian bases were transported to Russia in 2007. Four special trains conveyed load to the 102nd military base in Gyumri.
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