Russian military units must be withdrawn from Georgia until Tuesday, - German Chancellor Angela Merkel stated about that a news conference after two-hour long talks in the President's Chancellery in Avlabari district, Tbilisi.
Mikheil Saakashvili thanked German Chancellor and the French President for their support and reiterated that Georgia would not retreat single meter of its soil and would never allow annexing and ethnic cleansing of his country. Mikheil Saakashvili demanded withdrawal of Russian forces from Georgian territories and their substitution with international police forces in the conflict zones.
As for Angela Merkel, she made the strongest statement of the day, when she stated earlier today that Georgia would join NATO, but until Tuesday, when the NATO ministerial is due, Russian troops must leave Georgia. The German Chancellor emphasized that Russian troops must leave Georgia not in several weeks, but in several days.
As previously reported, Angela Merkel has arrived in Georgia today. She arrived from Moscow after negotiating with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.
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