Western diplomats have reached agreement on a draft resolution calling for an immediate truce in the conflict between Russia and Georgia and have presented it to the full UN Security Council. Meanwhile US President George Bush has told Moscow that it must reverse its course in Georgia and withdraw its troops.
Speaking at the White House, Bush said Moscow's military action had damaged its world standing and endangered ties with the United States and Europe. France's foreign minister Bernard Kouchner has appealed to Moscow to sign a ceasefire agreement proposed by European envoys. France's president Nicholas Sarkozy will visit Russia and Georgia on Tuesday. Russia's foreign minister Sergei Ivanov announced that a truce agreement had to be negotiated by Georgia and the breakaway regions that should include a non-violence commitment.
(Deutsche Welle)
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