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  • Push for UN vote on Georgia truce by week's end (can US "Diplomats" get anymore pathetic?)

    08/15/2008 6:17:16 PM PDT · by tobyhill · 28 replies · 203+ views
    afp ^ | 8/15/2008 | afp
    Sponsors of a UN Security Council resolution to formalize the ceasefire deal between Russia and Georgia pushed for a vote by week's end, but Moscow balked at inserting any reference to Georgia's territorial integrity. "Yes ideally, we would like a vote this weekend," a Western diplomat close to the bargaining involving European, US and Russian diplomats told AFP Friday. "But we'll take as long as it takes. We are not going to push for a vote if we know that the Russians will veto the text -- which does not mean we have to give in to all their demands......