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No troop movement despite Russian pledge to withdraw forces from Georgia - je 19.08.2008 08

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Constanze TressAugust 19, 2008

Russia has not kept its pledge to start withdrawing forces from Georgia on Monday. No significant troop movements have been reported despite claims by Russian officials on Monday that a gradual pullback was underway. Russia's envoy to NATO said today, in the run-up to a special meeting of NATO foreign ministers, that a complete withdrawal would depend on the actions of Georgia's President Mikhail Saakashvili.

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