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Russia's Medvedev signs ceasefire pact: Kremlin

SOCHI, Russia
Sat Aug 16, 2008 8:07am EDT

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SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Saturday signed a ceasefire agreement ending hostilities with Georgia over the breakaway region of South Ossetia, the Kremlin said.

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"The president informed participants of the security council meeting that he had just now signed the six-point plan," said the Kremlin's chief spokeswoman, Natalia Timakova.

Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili had signed the French-brokered deal on Friday during the visit of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.

(Reporting by Oleg Shchedrov, Writing by Maria Golovnina)



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