The political issues surrounding the Georgian cease fire merge into continuing Russian military operations, which will be justified by the Kremlin's international military law experts as "additional security measures".
So, we find decided discomfort by M. Sarkozy with the language he accepted:
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1012079.htmlLast update - 02:40 17/08/2008
Russia signs cease fire agreement with Georgia
By News Agencies
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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed a cease-fire agreement with Georgia on Saturday, a day after Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili reluctantly signed the plan that calls for Russian troops to pull back, but that also grants them limited patrols inside Georgia.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy also called on Russia to withdraw from all Georgian territory, in a letter sent to Saakashvili. In the letter, Sarkozy said the withdrawal must come, in spite of conditions authorizing "additional security measures" for Russian forces.
The Russian concept of "additional security measures", one suspects, will go well beyond "limited patrols" (which was not in the NY Times graphic, but may be in the final version ???).
Relevant terms of the agreement linked by the NY Times are quoted at post #123 above.
If someone has a url of the text of the final as-signed agreement, it would be appreciated. I can't find one.
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