Русская версияIn Brussels an emergency meeting of NATO foreign ministers has
begun with calls to Russia to withdraw its troops from Georgia as
part of last week's French-brokered peace deal.
German Foreign
Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said Russia should pull out of
what he called "at least the heart of Georgia" to make possible
talks on a durable ceasefire. He warned against any break in
dialogue with Moscow. British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said
Russia must live up to commitments made by its President Dmitry
Medvedev. Miliband added that he did not believe in isolating
Russia. This follows a US suggestion that NATO consider suspending
meetings of the NATO-Russian Council, founded in 2002. Diplomats in
Brussels say some of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation's 27
members, noteably ex-communist states, back the US stance, while
others are mindful of Russia's role as an energy supplier to
western Europe.
(Deutsche Welle)
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