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United States 08/16/2008 07:09 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | BRKG - RUSSIA SIGNS CEASEFIRE PACT Russia 'signs ceasefire pact'
The ceasefire requires the two sides to withdraw to their positions before the conflict [AFP]
Moscow has signed a six-point ceasefire deal pledging to end the conflict with Georgia, said a senior Russian military official.
The announcement on Saturday came after Mikheil Saakashvili, Georgia's president, agreed to the pact, drafted by France on behalf on the European Union.
"This has been accepted without changes and signed by the Russian side and has also been signed by representatives of the Georgian sides," Colonel-General Anatoly Nogovitsyn, deputy chief of Russia's General Staff, told a news conference.
But there were few signs that Russian troops were preparing to leave Georgian territory, more than one week after rolling in to support separatists in the breakaway region of South Ossetia.
The deal requires Russian forces to withdraw to positions held before the conflict but troops were still outside the strategically important town of Gori, 60km northwest of the capital Tbilisi.
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United States 08/16/2008 07:16 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: BRKG - RUSSIA SIGNS CEASEFIRE PACT It's true... CNN and Fox are breaking with it too |
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New Zealand 08/16/2008 07:46 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: BRKG - RUSSIA SIGNS CEASEFIRE PACT Russia 'signs ceasefire pact'
The ceasefire requires the two sides to withdraw to their positions before the conflict [AFP]
Moscow has signed a six-point ceasefire deal pledging to end the conflict with Georgia, said a senior Russian military official.
The announcement on Saturday came after Mikheil Saakashvili, Georgia's president, agreed to the pact, drafted by France on behalf on the European Union.
"This has been accepted without changes and signed by the Russian side and has also been signed by representatives of the Georgian sides," Colonel-General Anatoly Nogovitsyn, deputy chief of Russia's General Staff, told a news conference.
But there were few signs that Russian troops were preparing to leave Georgian territory, more than one week after rolling in to support separatists in the breakaway region of South Ossetia.
The deal requires Russian forces to withdraw to positions held before the conflict but troops were still outside the strategically important town of Gori, 60km northwest of the capital Tbilisi.
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Quoting: FescadoOh! So bad News for doom lovers. |
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United States 08/16/2008 08:14 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: BRKG - RUSSIA SIGNS CEASEFIRE PACT Oh! So bad News for doom lovers.
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 485742actually... great news as it draws out the surging suspense a few more days as the Russians dig in and deadlines will be drawn again and again. o/ / O/  |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 435027
United States 08/16/2008 08:17 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: BRKG - RUSSIA SIGNS CEASEFIRE PACT Well of course! Makes it easier for them to continue their peacekeeping mission. LOL. |
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Netherlands 08/16/2008 08:18 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: BRKG - RUSSIA SIGNS CEASEFIRE PACT What's the difference with the previously signed cease fires and peace plans? I am not sure hostilities will end with this one. |
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United States 08/16/2008 08:25 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: BRKG - RUSSIA SIGNS CEASEFIRE PACT What's the difference with the previously signed cease fires and peace plans? I am not sure hostilities will end with this one.
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 333904a surrender of Georgian territory to Russia... with signatures? |