Русская версияAs German Chancellor Angela Merkel heads to Georgia for talks with
President Mikhail Saakashvili, there have been conflicting reports
on whether Russia has begun a troop pull-out in the region.
Under
intense international pressure to withdraw, the Russian commander
in the Caucasus, General Vyachislav Borisov, initially said his
troops had begun a pull-out from the South Ossetian city of
Tskhinvali. The Russian defense ministry later denied the report.
Earlier, US President George W. Bush welcomed Russia's acceptance
of a ceasefire agreement brokered by France, but said there could
be no debate about Georgia's sovereignty over its breakaway
regions. Meanwhile, Georgia says Abkhazian militias and Russian
army units are still occupying more than a dozen Georgian villages.
(Deutsche Welle)
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