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Update Medvedev signs Cease-Fire; Condi Rice / Saakashvili signs Cease-fire
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by SOLARLIFE | August 13, 2008 at 01:00 am
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NEWS-TICKER AUG-16: section now closed, thanks for comments
Russian President Medvedev signs cease-fire plan to end military action on Georgia
Georgia signs cease-fire agreement Condi Rice / Saakashvili AUG-15
German chancellor Angela Merkel meets russian president Medvedev at black sea holiday resort Sochi. Focusing on EU-6pack peace plan implementation. Merkel will continue peace-talks next week at Tbilisi with georgian president Saakashvili. Merkel speaking german, english with fluent russian is Europe's approved trouble shooter. In parallel she is talking hight tech projects (original plan), with scientific background Merkel is a rare political exemption. French ambassador at Georgia, Eric Founier, says russia will retreat on friday. Sochi press conference + video (sorry long needs 1min to upload)
¤ NASA, no ticket to ride, Georgia conflict may keep US Astronauts down
¤ US Missile shield Plan defence deal signed with Poland may question peace talk progress Georgia
UNITED NATIONS, Aug. 13
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday urged Georgia and Russia to take quick measures to implement a France-sponsored peace plan. In a statement issued by his press office, Ban welcomed the acceptance by Georgia and Russia of the peace plan proposed by French President Nicolas Sarkozy
Update thursday: French President Nicolas Sarkozy received U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Thursday at his official residence on the French Riviera for talks on the Russia-Georgia conflict and potential "EU-peaceplan monitors"
Update: Georgia's Deputy Defense minister says Russian troops have left Zugdidi in Western Georgia. source: skynews
Condi Rice visiting Sarkozy France, supporting EU-peace plan. Bush strongly supports EU-Peace plan focossing on humanitarian aid
Update 15:45 GMT Tanks
WRONG info not heading for Tbilisi
Georgian Interior ministry rejeceted informations about russian troops heading for Tbilisi, saying this are untrue rumours circulating in the Media, no activity source: skynews
Russian convoy evacuating arms depot
20 tanks convoy send to create buffer zone; blocking probably the highway connecting South Ossetia to rest of Georgia. Russia says it shot down 2 georgian spy drones above Sout Ossetia source: CNN-TV (AFP) no fighting so far
Tbilisi EU-peace plan signed
Tbilisi, president Saakashvili agreed to EU-peace plan, immediate cease-fire and humanitarian missions. The plan is the base for the UN-resolution said EU president Sarkozy at Tbilisi. Sarkozy, who just arrived from Moscow talks with Medvedev who agreed before to the EU-peace plan (press conference view video). The french exterior minister Kouchner presents the peace plan talk results at Brussels to his collegues from the European Union.
Sarkozy says EU-peace plan is base for UN resolution...
Sarkozy was proud that the European Union could play a leading mediating role in the crisis. He stressed that he is particularly coordinated with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Merkel will meet on Friday with Medvedev at Sochi on the Black Sea, the russian riviera luxury resort. Sarkozy sees the negotiated Peace plan as a base for the UN resolution. Today, the EU foreign ministers have a meeting in Brussels to deal with the document.
EU Europe explainer:
European Union has a rotary system for the president. At the moment an event or crisis happens the "rotary president" acts for all countries in Europe. Each country has the right to act independently, if not agreeing. Europe has no signed constitution at the moment, working on it. Seems difficult to handle, but in practice, as we see, the timesharing president makes an extra mile to convince his colleagues. South-America with the Mercosur union (Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay...) wants to adapt the rotary system, so every country can speak....
How merge personal results in the EU team ?
Congratulations to president Sarkozy for his excellent effort to get the peace plan with french diplomacy on the way. His persistence gave him the Nickname president "Duracell" (the longlife battery advertising). German Chancellor Angela Merkel will fix on friday the "emotional part" of the deal at the Sochi black sea resort meeting with russian president Medvedev ("after sales service"). Merkel speaks fluent English, German, russian giving her the emotional advantage being the best trouble shooter of the EU.
source in part: DW-TV, TF1-TV, ELYSEE-TV
Most RecentMost Recommended Comments (10)
at 02:43 on August 13th, 2008
at 03:13 on August 13th, 2008
Thanks Paschen, "Saakashvili signed peace-plan", I just invited John Carry for "peace talks", he is not convinced, they will work. That's why I added the EU-explainer to make a rotary presidency system understandable. The transatlantic community has now sufficient space to act; or as CNBC said: "The Europeans figure it out". Learning from the past is sometimes necessary.
at 03:55 on August 13th, 2008
Good call and I believe you may be correct in your comment here! Learning from the past is necessary, maybe even vital!
at 06:38 on August 13th, 2008
Here is a link of what seems to be going on in Georgia today!
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2008/08/200881382459561105.html
Let you know if I find more!
at 06:45 on August 13th, 2008
Here is news report from the DW and its states that the peace beatwin Russia and Georgia has been established and the Russian Tanks have stopped!
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,3559541,00.html
I am not sure what is true any longer nor who has the right news!
at 06:57 on August 13th, 2008
Paschen, You are right Georgian Interior ministry rejeceted informations about russian troops heading for Tbilisi, saying this are untrue rumours circulating in the Media.
at 07:09 on August 13th, 2008
Well, not the media though at least not the once that has some respect for integrity and is not trying to start World war III!
at 07:32 on August 13th, 2008
Paschen, no tanks heading, wrong info, we both looked TV nothing for "self proclaimed war lords" to eat. Keeping peace the hardest businees on the planet, guess who joined us this minute Bush: "Strongly supporting Europe's peace mission, probably with humanitarian aid flights. Condi Rice on the way to France to support European Peace mission. Everything under control, thanks for being the peace TV watchdog at this critical moment!
Update: Georgia's Deputy Defense minister says Russian troops have left Zugdidi in Western Georgia. source: skynews "No cold war fears are justified, just read NP"
at 14:49 on August 13th, 2008
The Russian leaders may have been a little focused on Georgia and not noticed right away lights going on all over Europe and America (and other places with Internet access). It appears this crisis has passed and is becoming part of history.
at 23:46 on August 13th, 2008
Thanks Fairbanks for Flag "Internet switched the lights on , during Georgia crisis", thanks to all NP writers, contributing to free opinion making during crisis....