Moscow to Offer Tbilisi Proposals over Military Bases

According to the information note issued by the Russian Foreign Ministry on March 9, the Russian side will offer Tbilisi particular proposals aimed at ?making a breakthrough in the persisting problem? over the withdrawal of Russian military bases from Georgia in ?the nearest future.?

?The holding of intensive negotiations in March-April was the result of an agreement reached in February during the talks held by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Tbilisi over a set of bilateral issues, including the problem over the Russian military bases in Georgia,? the Russian Foreign Ministry stated.

?At the moment, active preparations for talks are underway,? the information note reads.

The Russian Foreign Ministry also stated, while commenting over the Georgian Parliament?s intention to endorse a resolution outlawing Russian bases in Georgia, that discussion of this kind of document in the Parliament would be ?unproductive.?

?It is difficult for negotiators to find a compromise under strained conditions,? the Russian Foreign Ministry stated.