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| Nato cools relations with Russia | Nato cools relations with Russia |
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| Nato foreign ministers have said there will be "no business as usual" with Russia, as they urged Moscow to pull its troops out of Georgia immediately. | Nato foreign ministers have said there will be "no business as usual" with Russia, as they urged Moscow to pull its troops out of Georgia immediately. |
| The declaration followed emergency talks in Brussels about the conflict with Georgia over its breakaway region of South Ossetia. | The declaration followed emergency talks in Brussels about the conflict with Georgia over its breakaway region of South Ossetia. |
| Some Russian troops have been seen leaving the Georgian town of Gori. | Some Russian troops have been seen leaving the Georgian town of Gori. |
| But Georgia's interior ministry dismissed the move as a "show aimed at creating the illusion of a withdrawal". | But Georgia's interior ministry dismissed the move as a "show aimed at creating the illusion of a withdrawal". |
| Russian officials told the BBC that the vehicles and 100 men were heading for the South Ossetian capital of Tskhinvali and then on to Vladikavkaz in neighbouring North Ossetia - a province of Russia. | Russian officials told the BBC that the vehicles and 100 men were heading for the South Ossetian capital of Tskhinvali and then on to Vladikavkaz in neighbouring North Ossetia - a province of Russia. |
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| However, BBC correspondents on the ground say there are still Russian artillery and troop positions dug in all around Gori. In addition, Russian checkpoints are present about 35km from Tbilisi. | However, BBC correspondents on the ground say there are still Russian artillery and troop positions dug in all around Gori. In addition, Russian checkpoints are present about 35km from Tbilisi. |
| Both sides have accused the other of violating an EU-brokered peace plan that was signed by the presidents of Georgia and Russia last week. | Both sides have accused the other of violating an EU-brokered peace plan that was signed by the presidents of Georgia and Russia last week. |
| Buffer zone | |
| US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her 25 Nato counterparts said they could not have normal relations with Russia as long as Moscow had troops in Georgia. | US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her 25 Nato counterparts said they could not have normal relations with Russia as long as Moscow had troops in Georgia. |
| PEACE PLAN No more use of forceStop all military actions for goodFree access to humanitarian aidGeorgian troops return to their places of permanent deploymentRussian troops to return to pre-conflict positionsInternational talks about security in South Ossetia and Abkhazia class="" href="/1/hi/world/europe/7568209.stm">Nato's Russia dilemma class="" href="/1/hi/world/europe/7551576.stm">Day-by-day: Georgia-Russia crisis class="" href="/1/hi/world/europe/7567078.stm">Georgia left reeling | |
| Nato Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said no co-operative programmes had been axed yet "but this issue will have to be taken into view". | |
| The Russian military has warned that the withdrawal process will be slow until the weekend at least, and that troops will remain in an undefined buffer zone around South Ossetia. | |
| It says such a move is permitted under the ceasefire deal which allows Russia to take additional security measures until international peacekeepers are deployed. | |
| But Georgia says Moscow is going much further and that Russian troops have seized control of a key commercial port in Poti in an attempt to cripple the Georgian economy. | |
| The Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) said Russia and Georgia have agreed to allow 20 extra military observers to be deployed in and around South Ossetia. | |
| The OSCE, which was meeting on the sidelines of the Nato talks, already has nine observers there. | |
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