The convoy containing mainly radio and communications equipment departed for Russia at 1.20 a.m. local time (9.20 p.m. Wednesday GMT), the hardware will travel through Azerbaijan, because there is no direct rail link between Russia and Georgia.
This is the second convoy to leave from Batumi for Russia. The first military cargo was transferred June 28 from Batumi to Gyumri in neighboring Armenia, where Russia retains its Military Base 102. The next train is expected to leave Batumi on July 12.
The pullout is part of Russia's commitment made at the 1999 OSCE summit in Istanbul where Moscow promised to withdraw from its two military bases in Georgia by the end of 2008.
One of the bases, in Akhalkalaki, southeast of Georgia, was vacated late last month.
