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Friday, 18 October 2002
GEORGIA AND RUSSIA SIGN PROTOCOL ON BORDER SECURITY
By empty (10/18/2002 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Konstantin Totsky and Valery Chkheidze, border guard service chiefs of Russia and Georgia, signed a protocol on increasing security on the Russia-Georgia border in Yerevan on Thursday. The protocol envisions regular information sharing between the two countries and joint border patrols. Totsky and Chkheidze indicated that the protocol comes as a follow- up to agreements the presidents of Russia and Georgia, Vladimir Putin and Eduard Shevardnadze, reached during a CIS summit in Chisinau.
Konstantin Totsky and Valery Chkheidze, border guard service chiefs of Russia and Georgia, signed a protocol on increasing security on the Russia-Georgia border in Yerevan on Thursday. The protocol envisions regular information sharing between the two countries and joint border patrols. Totsky and Chkheidze indicated that the protocol comes as a follow- up to agreements the presidents of Russia and Georgia, Vladimir Putin and Eduard Shevardnadze, reached during a CIS summit in Chisinau. This document is also expected to help prevent the illegal crossing by Chechen rebels into Russia from Georgia (Interfax)