UN discusses the possibility of peace mission in south Ossetia and Abkhazia.
According to RIA Novosti, this was declared to the journalists by the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.
‘We learn the possibilities of using peace mission and other mechanisms for Abkhazia and South Ossetia. I have almost everyday contact with the world’s leaders regarding the issue of arranging Georgian-Abkhazian and Georgian – Ossetian conflicts’, mentioned UN Secretary General.
As he says, ‘UN has intention to send special mission to Georgia and South Ossetia, which will learn the humanitarian situation after the war’.
The Secretary General hasn’t defined the terms but mentioned that the negotiations are under way about the mission’s format.
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Fox News – Georgia Rails at Russia for 'Aggression,' Claims 'State of War'
Russia and Georgia headed toward a wider war Saturday as Russian tanks rumbled into the contested province of South Ossetia and Russian aircraft bombed a Georgian town, escalating a conflict that already has left hundreds dead’, the Fox News agency reports.
According to the news agency, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said that Moscow sent troops into South Ossetia to force Georgia into a cease-fire and prevent Georgia from retaking control of its breakaway region. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Georgia had effectively lost the right to rule it — an indication Moscow could be preparing to fulfill South Ossetians' wish to be absorbed into Russia.
The risk of the conflict setting off a wider war also increased Saturday when Russian-supported separatists in another breakaway region, Abkhazia, also targeted Georgian troops by launching air and artillery strikes to drive them out.
President Bush called for an end to the Russian bombings and an immediate halt to the violence.
‘The attacks are occurring in regions of Georgia far from the zone of conflict in South Ossetia. They mark a dangerous escalation in the crisis,’ Bush said in a statement to reporters while attending the Olympic Games in Beijing.
According to the news agency, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said that Moscow sent troops into South Ossetia to force Georgia into a cease-fire and prevent Georgia from retaking control of its breakaway region. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Georgia had effectively lost the right to rule it — an indication Moscow could be preparing to fulfill South Ossetians' wish to be absorbed into Russia.
The risk of the conflict setting off a wider war also increased Saturday when Russian-supported separatists in another breakaway region, Abkhazia, also targeted Georgian troops by launching air and artillery strikes to drive them out.
President Bush called for an end to the Russian bombings and an immediate halt to the violence.
‘The attacks are occurring in regions of Georgia far from the zone of conflict in South Ossetia. They mark a dangerous escalation in the crisis,’ Bush said in a statement to reporters while attending the Olympic Games in Beijing.
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