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Russian military forces are beginning their pull-out from the Georgian-South Ossetian conflict zone and will return to their previous positions defined by their peacekeeping mandate. The withdrawal is part of a six-point peace plan drawn-up by Russia and France and follows a weekend conversation between their leaders, Dmitry Medvedev and Nicolas Sarkozy.
Russia's president said troops would begin pulling out of Georgia on Monday. Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili said the former Soviet republic would not relinquish South Ossetia or Abkhazia. (Aug. 17)
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Russian tanks and troops roamed freely around Gori on Monday and made forays toward the Georgian capital, keeping control of the highway that slices through Georgia's midsection despite Russia's announcement that a withdrawal had begun. (Aug. 18)
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Russia's Defence Ministry has confirmed that Georgian troops have withdrawn from South Ossetia. Spokesman Anatoly Nogovitsyn said peacekeeping forces are once again in control of most of Tskhinvali.
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Russian forces have begun a full-scale withdrawal from Georgian territory following last week's conflict in South Ossetia. The withdrawal got under way at 6am Moscow time. Defence Minister Anatoly Serdyukov said it would be completed on Friday.
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Many people in South Ossetia fear the pullout of Russian troops will destabilise the region and cause a dangerous power vacuum. According to Russian officials, the speed of the withdrawal will depend of the pullout of Georgian troops to their permanent positions.
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There is little evidence that Russian forces in Gerorgia are withdrawing, despite assurances from Moscow that the troops are to pull back.
Georgia and its Western allies insist the Russian militry must pull back completely and leave only a small peacekeeping force in South Ossetia.
Al Jazeera's Alan Fisher reports.
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Russia will withdraw its peacekeeping contingent from Georgia to the temporary security zone by August 22. The rest of the troops will be moved back to South Ossetia and Russia. President Medvedev made the promise in a telephone conversation with France's President Sarkozy on Tuesday.
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Another UN Security Council session on the situation in South Ossetia has wrapped up in New York. Russia says it's not refusing to start talks with Georgia but believes negotiations can only be possible when Georgia pulls out its troops from South Ossetia and commits itself to a non-use of force agreement.
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