Русская версияIn Brussels a crisis 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 NATO's offer
of eventual membership to Georgia and Ukraine, made in April,
should be upheld. Russia should not be isolated, he added. 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 energy deliveries to western Europe.
(Deutsche Welle)
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