Also on Tuesday, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev told his French counterpart, Nicolas Sarkozy, by telephone that most of the Russian forces would withdraw from Georgia by Friday but that some troops would remain in a buffer zone around South Ossetia.
Tot marţi, preşedintele rus Dmitri Medvedev a vorbit la telefon cu omologul său francez, Nicolas Sarkozy, şi i-a declarat că forţele ruseşti se vor retrage din Georgia până vineri, dar o parte din trupe vor rămâne în zona tampon din jurul Oseţiei de Sud.