четверг, 15 марта 2012 г.

Russia, West at odds over UN Georgia resolution

Russia and key Western nations remained at odds Thursday over a U.N. resolution aimed at bringing peace to Georgia, with the U.S., France and Britain insisting on immediate withdrawal of Russian troops.

The Western nations also sought a commitment from Russia on Georgia's territorial integrity, according to U.N. diplomats.

Russia, for its part, put its draft resolution into a form that can be put to a vote in the U.N. Security Council. But Russia's U.N. Ambassador Vitaly Churkin did not indicate when he would call for a vote.

The Russian resolution basically restates and endorses a six-point peace plan promoted by French President Nicolas Sarkozy …

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