Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev smiles during a bilateral meeting with President of Switzerland Pascal Couchepin (not pictured) at the 1st World Policy Conference in Evian October 8, 2008. REUTERS/Denis BalibouseMedvedev Promotes New Security Pact -- The Guardian
Russia's president, Dmitry Medvedev, outlined plans yesterday for a new security pact to ban the use of force in Europe and defuse increasing tensions between Moscow and Nato.
Yesterday's speech at the World Policy Conference in Evian, France, was intended as a bridge-building exercise after Russia's occupation of Georgia in August, which threatened a new cold war.
Medvedev promised that by midnight last night Russian troops would leave "security zones" in the undisputed areas of Georgian territory. However, the Georgian government claimed the withdrawal was only partial and that Russian troops showed no signs of leaving the strategic outpost of Akhalgori, near the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, and outside the breakaway region of South Ossetia. Russian authorities also continued to block EU monitors from entering South Ossetia and Abkhazia (recognised as independent states by Moscow), which have been at the centre of the Russia-Georgia conflict. European diplomats said the monitors would try to cross the lines again soon.
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