The United States has accused Russia of using military force to punish Georgia for being a Western ally.
Speaking to reporters at the Pentagon, Defence Secretary Robert Gates also said Czech cabinet to discuss situation in Georgia next week ...
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S. Korean president calls for new talks ... that Moscow could face consequences for the Russian army's actions in Georgia during the recent conflict over that country's breakaway region of South Ossetia. Both sides have agreed to a French-brokered ceasefire. Russian troops remain in Georgia but the Pentagon said it appeared they were withdrawing toward South Ossetia and Abkhazia, another pro-Russian breakaway region. Earlier, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov ramped up diplomatic tensions by telling reporters at the Kremlin that the world could forget about any talk of maintaining Georgia's territorial integrity. And following talks with President Dmitry Medvedev in Moscow, the leaders of Abkhazia and South Ossetia said they felt confident that they would achieve independence from Georgia.
(Deutsche Welle)
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