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Compiled by the Government Communication and Information System Date: 19 Aug 2008 Title: Russian troops start to pull out from Georgia -------------------- Georgia - Russian troops and armored vehicles began to pull out from the Georgian city of Gori on Monday afternoon under the terms of a French-brokered peace plan. Russian forces were earlier reported to have begun withdrawing from Tskhinvali, capital of Georgia's breakaway region of South Ossetia, toward the Russian region of North Ossetia. A senior Russian military officer confirmed the withdrawal. "Today, in line with the peace plan, we have begun the withdrawal of Russian peacekeepers and their reinforcements," Col.Gen. Anatoly Nogovitsyn, deputy head of Russia's General Staff said. After receiving the order for withdrawal, they started to load their military equipment and they are preparing to move, a senior Russian officer in the Georgia-South Ossetia conflict zone said. Russia declared a halt to its military offensive in Georgia on Tuesday after days of conflict in South Ossetia. President Dmitry Medvedev on Saturday signed the peace plan, under which Georgian troops should return to their bases and Russian forces should pull back to its previous positions. The document also bans the use of force and any military action and envisages free access to humanitarian aid. According to Russian figures, around 1 600 civilians died in South Ossetia and over 34 000 fled the region during the hostilities, mostly to neighbouring North Ossetia. - BuaNews-Xinhua |
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