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Defense Minister Pavel S. Grachev said Wednesday that Russian army units will stay in Georgia until 1995, and the warring sides in the Georgian province of Abkhazia have agreed to disengage their forces. Grachev spoke after the first round of negotiations with Georgian Prime Minister Tengiz Sigua and other Georgian officials in Sochi, a resort on Russia's Black Sea coast.

Heeding an urgent appeal by Georgian leader Eduard A. Shevardnadze, Russia agreed Wednesday to deploy army troops along this country's main railroad and protect it from rebels trying to overthrow him. By evening, there were signs that the Russian army was moving into position as Shevardnadze's forces beat back a rebel assault on Kutaisi, Georgia's second-largest city, and moved to recapture Poti, its main Black Sea port.

Heeding an urgent appeal by Georgian leader Eduard A. Shevardnadze, Russia agreed Wednesday to deploy army troops along this country's main railroad and protect it from rebels trying to overthrow him. By evening, there were signs that the Russian army was moving into position as Shevardnadze's forces beat back a rebel assault on Kutaisi, Georgia's second-largest city, and moved to recapture Poti, its main Black Sea port.

Defense Minister Pavel S. Grachev said Wednesday that Russian army units will stay in Georgia until 1995, and the warring sides in the Georgian province of Abkhazia have agreed to disengage their forces. Grachev spoke after the first round of negotiations with Georgian Prime Minister Tengiz Sigua and other Georgian officials in Sochi, a resort on Russia's Black Sea coast.