German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called for an "immediate and unconditional ceasefire" in Georgia.
She also urged the withdrawal of all military forces "to their positions before the outbreak of hostilities" and said Russian air attacks on Georgian Seven Czechs leave Georgia, no Czech in area of fighting-official ...
Ebadi calls on media to foster peace ... territory must be stopped "without delay". Merkel reportedly made the statements in a telephone call to French President Nicolas Sarkozy, the current holder of the EU presidency. Merkel and Sarkozy agreed to stay in close consultation over the Georgian crisis. Earlier, Paris announced that French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner would travel to Tbilisi and Moscow in a bid to get the two sides to agree to a ceasefire. The mediation efforts come ahead of an emergency meeting of EU foreign ministers. The ministers are scheduled to convene in Brussels on Wednesday to discuss the bloc's response to the conflict in Georgia.
(Deutsche Welle)
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