French Foreign Minister: “Both Georgian and Russian troops must be withdrawn from the conflict zone”

French Foreign Minister: “Both Georgian and Russian troops must be withdrawn from the conflict zone”
# 11 August 2008 08:02 (UTC +04:00)
Tbilisi – APA. Bernard Kouchner, Foreign Minister of France, which currently holds the presidency of the European Union, presented the plan on the solution of South Ossetian conflict to Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili. APA reports quoting AFP that the plan calls for an immediate ceasefire, medical access to victims, controlled withdrawals of troops on both sides and eventual political talks.
“Our task is clear. We must find the means for an immediate ceasefire, accepted by both sides. We must talk about negotiations and a political solution, there is no military solution,” he said.
Mikhail Saakshvili said Russia was able to cease the fire.
“We have not intruded into their lands. They have intruded into our territory and the troubles began after that”, he said.


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