Georgia talks 'collapse'

A senior Western diplomat says talks with Russia have collapsed on the sensitive issue of sending additional international monitors to keep tabs on South Ossetia and Abkhazia.

Georgia talks 'collapse'

A senior Western diplomat says talks with Russia have collapsed on the sensitive issue of sending additional international monitors to keep tabs on South Ossetia and Abkhazia.

The official told The Associated Press that Moscow’s refusal to approve 80 extra military monitors from the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe has thrown into question the sincerity of Russia’s pledge to withdraw its troops from key areas of Georgia later this month.

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