UN Security Council refuses Russia-submitted draft on Georgia

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Russia pressed on Thursday for speedy adoption by the U.N. Security Council of its resolution endorsing a peace plan for Georgia but Western powers said they could not support the draft, APA reports quoting Reuters. British Ambassador John Sawers said there was a “good deal more work to be done.”

Russia had on Wednesday put a resolution before the council endorsing a six-point peace plan French President Nicolas Sarkozy agreed with Moscow and Tbilisi. Russian Ambassador Vitaly Churkin said what needs to be done is to adopt a resolution. Western countries say they support the six-point plan but that it is not enough for a resolution since it does not mention Georgia’s territorial integrity or precisely where Russian forces will be deployed in future. Earlier Russia had vetoed two resolutions prepared by France on the settlement of the conflict.