Georgian pullout way out of crisis: Medvedev

MOSCOW-A pullout of Georgian troops from the conflict zone is the only solution to the South Ossetian crisis, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev told President George W. Bush in a telephone conversation on Saturday."The Russian president has specifically stressed that the only way out from the tragic crisis provoked by the Georgian leadership is a withdrawal by Tbilisi of its armed formations from the conflict zone," a Kremlin statement said.Medvedev also said a signing of a binding agreement not to attack each other between South Ossetian separatists and Georgia was also a must, the Kremlin said.He said there were thousands of casualties and tens of thousands of refugees in South Ossetia, along with widespread destruction as a result of "barbaric action" by the Georgian authorities.Medvedev told Bush that Russia's sole aim was to end the violence as soon as possible and defend the civilian population.
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