Georgia and Russia agree on basics around Sarkozy deal
Kurt Bassuener August 12th, 2008
The BBC is now reporting that Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has accepted the six-point plan brokered by French President Nicholas Sarkozy, and accepted by Russian President Dmitri Medvedev earlier today. Yet apparently there are details agreed by Russia that Saakashvili would not accept - including talks on the future status of Abkhazia - and “deleted.” Sarkozy says the current deal will be reviewed by the EU, of which France currenty holds the presidency, and the UN.
I’ve talked to several Russians in Sochi over the past couple days and they tell me that troops continuously amass over there…