Русская версияWith German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Georgia for talks, Russian
President Dmitri Medvedev has said a Russian troop withdrawal would
begin on Monday.
Earlier, there had been conflicting reports about
a troop pull-out. 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. Georgia says Abkhazian militias and Russian army
units are still occupying more than a dozen Georgian villages. US
President George W. Bush, meanwhile, has welcomed Moscow's
acceptance of a ceasefire agreement, but said there could be no
debate about Georgia's sovereignty over its breakaway regions.
(Deutsche Welle)
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