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The meeting came just 12 hours after an initial session amid more heavy fighting between Georgian and Russian forces. Russia's ambassador to the UN, Vitaly Churkin, used the meeting to accuse Georgia of targeting Russian peacekeepers in South Ossetia. His Georgian counterpart Irakli Alasania, said Tbilisi was defending itself against Russian aggression. The Security Council is to resume talks in a few hours time, when its 15 members are to continue their efforts to agree on a joint statement about the crisis.
(Deutsche Welle)
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