FACTBOX: Peace plan agreed to by Russia and Georgia
(Reuters) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili have agreed to a peace plan proposed by their French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy to end fighting in the regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
Below is the content of the outline plan, as laid out by Sarkozy overnight at a news conference in Georgia.
France presented the text to European Union foreign ministers on Wednesday so that they could throw their weight behind it. Sarkozy said it would also provide the basis for a draft U.N. Security Council resolution.
1. NO RECOURSE TO THE USE OF FORCE
2. DEFINITIVE CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES
3. FREE ACCESS FOR HUMANITARIAN AID
4. GEORGIAN MILITARY FORCES MUST WITHDRAW TO THEIR NORMAL
BASES
5. RUSSIAN MILITARY FORCES MUST WITHDRAW TO THE LINES PRIOR
TO THE START OF HOSTILITIES. WHILE AWAITING AN INTERNATIONAL
MECHANISM, RUSSIAN PEACEKEEPING FORCES WILL IMPLEMENT ADDITIONAL
SECURITY MEASURES ON A TEMPORARY BASIS.
Sarkozy said on Wednesday in Georgia these security measures would only be implemented in areas in the immediate vicinity of South Ossetia. "They are in no way additional security measures regarding all of Georgia's territory," he said.
6. OPENING OF INTERNATIONAL NEGOTIATIONS ON THE MODALITIES
OF SECURITY AND STABILITY IN ABKHAZIA AND SOUTH OSSETIA.
This paragraph was changed at Georgia's request. The previous version, approved by Russia, provided for talks on the "future status" of the two regions.
(Compiled by Francois Murphy in Paris and Paul Taylor in Brussels)
