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Brown urges permanent ceasefire Brown urges permanent ceasefire
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Gordon Brown has called for a lasting ceasefire in Georgia and immediate talks aimed at finding a permanent solution to its dispute with Russia.Gordon Brown has called for a lasting ceasefire in Georgia and immediate talks aimed at finding a permanent solution to its dispute with Russia.
"We can not continue with a situation where hostilities are likely. We must bring them to an end," the PM said."We can not continue with a situation where hostilities are likely. We must bring them to an end," the PM said.
Mr Brown said he had told Russian President Dmitry Medvedev "very directly" that "Russian aggression" has been condemned throughout the world.Mr Brown said he had told Russian President Dmitry Medvedev "very directly" that "Russian aggression" has been condemned throughout the world.
He also said the UK would help provide humanitarian aid to the region.He also said the UK would help provide humanitarian aid to the region.
President Medvedev has ordered an end to military operations against Georgia in South Ossetia, the Kremlin says.
'Lasting solution'
He told officials that the safety of Russian citizens and peacekeepers in the region had been restored.
Russia also backed an EU plan to end the five-day-old conflict. Envoys will now try to get Georgian approval.
Each side continues to accuse the other of breaking ceasefire accords, and analysts warn that the two remain far apart on a number of issues.
Mr Brown has said there was "no justification" for Russia's actions in Georgia - and he criticised its apparent slowness to react to an offer of a ceasefire.
He told BBC News: "It is absolutely clear to us that while Georgia offered a ceasefire, it has taken time for Russia to respond.
"Now that they have responded, this must not be a temporary ceasefire, it must be a lasting ceasefire.
"And it must now lead immediately, as President Sarkozy has proposed in Moscow today, to talks that will lead to a lasting solution to what has been a problem for many years."
He said humanitarian aid should be allowed in to the area "as quickly as possible" to help people displaced by the conflict - something he said both President Medvedev and the Georgian premier had agreed to.