AZG Armenian Daily #123, 06/07/2005
Neighbors
ARMENIANS TO FEED GEORGIAN ARMY
According to Regnum agency, president Mikheil Saakashvili of Georgia
stated at the meeting with students yesterday that the government will
buy necessary agricultural goods for the Georgian army from
Samtskhe-Javakhk region. “2000 Russians are fed on potatoes, milk,
cheese of Ninotsminda and Akhalkalak, and that brings the locals their
small profit. Naturally, they were always worried to lose their
earnings once Russian base leaves the region. Together with the
defense minister we have decided to provide supplies for all 20.000
servicemen of the Georgian army from the goods produced in Akhalkalak
and Ninotsminda”, Saakashvili said.
Kovkaz Press informs that the military excursuses going on in mainly
Armenian-populated Javakhk drew in 150 tanks. The exercises will
continue to mid-July, and president Saakashvili will arrive in the
region to watch them close.