Russia Pledges to Pull out Duly

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on October 1 that Russian forces would pull out from areas adjacent to Abkhazia and South Ossetia as agreed.

“The peacekeepers are working with the EU monitors over the issues of interaction and they will pull out from the territory of Georgia within the agreed terms,” Medvedev said.

He said that Russia had met all its commitments under the six-point ceasefire agreement.

“As far as the final phase is concerned, I have already spoken of this; we will do everything on time,” he added.

Russian troops are committed in the ceasefire agreement to withdrawing from the areas adjacent to South Ossetia and Abkhazia within 10 days of EU monitors being deployed there. EU monitors began patrolling on October 1.

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