US Welcomes Georgian Withdrawal From South Ossetian Region
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Aug. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Georgia&#39;s withdrawal of its soldiers after an advance into the breakaway region of South Ossetia sends the ``right signal&#39;&#39; toward ending their standoff peacefully, the US State Department said.
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The United States Friday welcomed the Ukrainian Supreme Court decision annulling the results of last month's presidential election and calling for a new vote.
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Georgian leader Mikhail Saakashvili on Sunday claimed victory in Saturday's presidential election in the former Soviet state, brushing aside opposition accusations that the poll was rigged.
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President Bush welcomes Kosovo's independence as "correct", as Serbia withdraws its envoy to Washington.
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MOSCOW - A top Russian general said today that Russia has completed withdrawal of troops that had been based in Georgia since the Soviet collapse, according to the ITAR-Tass news agency. The presence of Russian troops in the former Soviet republic was one of the longtime irritants between Georgia and its neighbor. "There are no more Russian troops in Georgia; ...
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Aug. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Three Georgian soldiers were killed and five wounded in fighting in the breakaway province of South Ossetia, Agence France-Presse reported, citing an unidentified Georgian government official.
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The US State Department announced it has authorized the departure of non-emergency personnel and family members of the US Embassy in Nepal's capital and suspended Peace Corps aid work in the country due to security concerns.
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WASHINGTON, Aug 17  - The United States is eyeing tensions between Georgia and separatists in Abkhazia and South Ossetia while hoping US influence with Georgia&#39;s new president can halt broader armed conflict in the Caucasus.
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The US isn&#39;t attempting to influence Ukraine, Georgia and other former Soviet republics and is supporting democracy in those countries, US Secretary of State Colin Powell said.
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Prague, 17 August 2004 (RFE/RL) -- Georgia&#39;s separatist republic of South Ossetia today said Tbilisi has agreed to withdraw all Interior Ministry troops sent into the region last June in violation of the 1992 peace agreement.
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President Bush and Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili agreed Thursday that democracies in the former Soviet republics need to be bolstered.
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 (Xinhuanet) -- US Secretary of State Colin Powell has called Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov over the conflict in Georgia&#39;s breakaway region of South Ossetia, State Department deputy spokesman Adam Ereli said on Tuesday.
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Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili offers a broad autonomy to the breakaway republic of South Ossetia.
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20 August 2004 -- For the first time in a week, no fighting was reported overnight in Georgia&#39;s separatist region of South Ossetia.
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Georgian president Mikhail Saakashvili pledged at his inauguration on Sunday to mend Georgia's tattered relationship with Russia after he narrowly won an election which his opponents say was rigged.
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Georgia offers a partial troop withdrawal from South Ossetia after heavy fighting with separatist rebels.
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Europe's big countries and the US formally acknowledge Kosovo's independence