Russia has circulated its own draft United Nations resolution aimed at bringing peace to Georgia at the Security Council.
This comes a day after Russia's ambassador to the UN, Vitaly Churkin blocked a Western-sponsored draft that demanded an immediate withdrawal of Russian forces from Georgia. The Russian text restates and endorsed a six-point peace plan that is being promoted by French President Nicolas Sarkozy and was signed last week by Russia and Georgia. Western diplomats say that while they favour the peace plan, they are reluctant to set it in stone through a Security Council resolution until Russia complies with it by pulling its troops out of Georgia.
(Deutsche Welle)
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