Washington. January 5th. INTERFAX - The United States will not stop calling on Russia to return its troops to the areas where they were before the 2008 conflict in Georgia, First Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman said during a telephone conversation on Wednesday with Georgian Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani.
"The Deputy Secretary of State noted that the United States will continue to call on Russia to withdraw troops to positions that existed before the war and comply with the 2008 ceasefire agreement," the State Department said in a press release.
During the conversation, the sides stressed the need to preserve the right of sovereign countries to choose their own path, as well as the importance of ensuring the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Georgia and Ukraine "in the light of the ongoing Russian aggression."
