The draft, obtained by Reuters, calls for an "immediate and unconditional cessation of hostilities," supports the "sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of Georgia" and backs mediation by the European Union and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).

It also calls for the withdrawal of Russian and Georgian forces to their positions prior to Georgia's move on Thursday to reclaim control over its breakaway region South Ossetia.

It does not criticize either Russia or Georgia but would have the council say it is "gravely concerned at the escalation of violence in Georgia" and the spread of violence into Georgia, including another breakaway enclave, Abkhazia.

11:21 Russian planes bomb Gori small> Several people suffered when the city of Gori bombing of a Russian plane in the morning of Tuesday, August 12.

Originally posted by Harlequin
i must ask - why is no one talking to Eduard Kokoity he is the elected president of South Ossetia after all

A GEORGIAN journalist covering his country's conflict with Russia has been killed when a shell hit his car in Gori, an Agence France-Press photographer at the scene said.

His driver also died in the mid-morning incident, said the photographer, who saw the journalist's ID card and the stricken vehicle in the main square of Gori alongside a huge statue of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin.

On August 12, 2008 12:26
Lavrov: Saakashvili cannot be a partner in the negotiations
Moscow. On August 10. INTERFAX.RU - the head of MID RF Sergey Lavrov confirmed the position of Moscow, according to which the present President of Georgia cannot be a partner in the peaceful negotiations.


“I do not think that Russia will have a mood not only to conduct negotiations, but also to talk from Saakashvili. It completed criminal acts against our citizens”, stated Lavrov at the press conference on the results of the meeting with his associate from Finland by Alexander [Stubb].


“We proceed from the fact that Mr. Saakashvili no longer can be our partner, and there would be best anything, if it left”, said Lavrov.

WARSAW (Reuters) - Washington's negotiator John Rood is expected to visit Warsaw later this week in a bid to break an impasse in Polish-U.S. talks over hosting a U.S. missile shield, a U.S. official said on Monday.

The United States wants to deploy 10 rocket interceptors in Poland and a radar in the neighboring Czech Republic as part of its missile shield against ballistic rockets it says could be fired by states such as Iran.
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"The example of Georgia shows strongly how important is today the security of Poland and of the whole region," Tusk said.

"In the whole post-Soviet region realistic guarantees of security and territorial integrity are even more important today."

NATO SAYS MEETING OF ALLIANCE AMBASSADORS WITH RUSSIA WILL NOT TAKE PLACE ON TUESDAY

RUSSIA'S MEDVEDEV SAYS TAKES DECISION TO STOP MILITARY OPERATION 12 Aug 2008 08:45:23 GMT
Source: Reuters
RUSSIA'S MEDVEDEV SAYS TAKES DECISION TO STOP MILITARY OPERATION IN GEORGIA - IFAX