Russian troops dismantle first checkpoint in Georgia

RUSSIAN forces yesterday removed their first checkpoint from Georgia near the rebel region of South Ossetia, an European Union monitoring mission and the Georgian government said.

Russian troops dismantle first checkpoint in Georgia

ā€œOur observers went to the checkpoint in Ali, north-west of Gori, and saw that it has been dismantled,ā€ a spokesman of the European Union mission said.

ā€œThis is the first dismantled checkpoint.ā€

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