Telephone Conversation between Sergey Lavrov and Condoleezza Rice

By the initiative of American Side the telephone conversation was held between the Russian Federation Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and US Secretary State Condoleezza Rice, on September 11.
According to the Russian Foreign department, Lavrov and Rice spoke about the current situation in South Ossetia and Abkhazia, in context of the results of the Russian and French Presidents negotiations on September 8.
As Lavrov declared, Russia will do its best to stabilize situation in the region in future too, according to Medvedev-Sarkozy agreement.
As he says, by the terms of this agreement, the additional international forces will be deployed at the territories of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, to avoid new aggression from Tbilisi.
‘What about the territories of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, theis security is provided by Russian forces according to the agreement with Abkhazia and South Ossetia’, reports the web-site of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia.

Russian president calls halt to Georgian war

MOSCOW, Russia (CNN) -- Russia's president has ordered an end to military operations against Georgia, the official Russian news agency Interfax reported Tuesday.

"I have reached a decision to halt the operation to force the Georgian authorities to peace," President Dmitry Medvedev said, according to Interfax.

The report also quoted Medvedev as saying that the "aggressor in South Ossetia has been punished and has incurred very significant losses."

Shortly before the announcement, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told a press conference in Moscow Tuesday that it would only accept a cease-fire if Georgia withdrew from the disputed region of South Ossetia and agreed to renounce the use of force.

As Russian troops marched further into the country, capturing a strategic road and opening a second front in western Georgia after moving in from the breakaway region Abkhazia Tuesday, Lavrov said Moscow did not trust the country's leadership.

He said Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili's "barbaric and brutal action" had undermined trust in Georgia.