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Russia says to pull out troops from Georgia in 10 days

SOCHI, Russia
Thu Aug 21, 2008 5:58pm EDT
Russian soldiers man a checkpoint near the Georgian village of Kekhvi in breakaway South Ossetia August 21, 2008. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko

SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) - Russia will withdraw troops that were sent to Georgia to reinforce peacekeepers within 10 days, the commander of Russian ground forces told reporters on Thursday.

World  |  Russia

"The withdrawal of the Russian troops which have reinforced the peacekeepers from the territory of Georgia is going according to plan and will be completed in 10 days," Ground Forces Commander Vladimir Boldyrev told reporters by telephone.

"These forces will be withdrawn to Russian territory," he said.

(Reporting by Oleg Shchedrov, Guy Faulconbridge, editing by Christian Lowe)



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