August 11, 2008
West calls for ceasefire in Georgia
Posted by: Thinker : Category: News
Russia accuses U.S. of Cold War mentality Published: Monday, August 11, 2008 TBILISI - Western powers appealed to Russia on Monday for an immediate ceasefire after Georgia accused Moscow of pushing troops further into its territory and seeking to overthrow President Mikheil Saakashvili. The U.S. State Department said foreign ministers from the Group of Seven leading industrial nations had agreed to support international mediation to end the crisis and urged Russia to respect the territorial integrity of its former Soviet vassal. Georgian soldiers read a list of victims at a hospital in Gori, some 80 kilometres from Tbilisi. Photograph by : Gleb Garanich/Reuters More pictures: | Moscow was in…
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