Русская версияGeorgian President Mikhail Saakashvili has signed a French-brokered
ceasefire aimed at ending the armed conflict in the Georgian
break-away region of South Ossetia.
This came during a meeting with
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in the Georgian capital,
Tbilisi. Rice told a joint press conference that it was time for
Russia to comply with the terms of the truce. She emphasised that
this was only a short-term mechanism aimed at returning security to
the region and did not resolve the territorial disputes that led to
the conflict. She added that the agreement called for the
installation of an international peacekeeping force, most likely
starting with "monitors" from the Organisation for Security and
Co-operation in Europe. There are indications that Russia is not
yet fully complying with the ceasefire. Unconfirmed reports say
that a Russian military convoy has been moving further into
Georgia.
(Deutsche Welle)
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