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US demands Russia pulls troops out of Georgia

The United States on Saturday demanded that Russia pull out troops in Georgia, but there was no immediate response from Moscow.

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  • Published: 14:30 August 16, 2008
  • Gulf News

Gori: The United States on Saturday demanded that Russia pull out troops in Georgia, but there was no immediate response from Moscow.

Georgia also accused Russia of blowing up key railway bridge west of Tbilisi, a charge that Moscow denied.

Ministry spokesman Shota Utiashvili said troops had destroyed the bridge in the Kaspi region west of Tbilisi, "paralysing the Georgian railway network".

Russian troops continued to occupy Georgian territory, although witnesses said there was no sign of large-scale redeployment.

"We will be here until [Georgian President Mikheil] Saakashvili resigns," said a Russian soldier at a checkpoint outside Gori.

Saakashvili signed the ceasefire on Friday after a meeting with visiting US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev was due to convene his National Security Council in the Black Sea resort of Sochi later on Saturday, a possible opportunity for Moscow to announce a response to the US demand for an immediate troop withdrawal.

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