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Russian troops withdraw from Georgian port region

POTI, Georgia-Russian troops withdrew from the region around Georgia's Black Sea port of Poti on Saturday, within a September 15 deadline set for the first phase of a pullback brokered by France.Georgia welcomed the move, and said it hoped Russian forces would keep to an October 10 deadline to withdraw completely from Georgian territory outside the breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.A Reuters reporter saw troops in armored personnel carriers and trucks pull out from positions on the outskirts of Poti after dawn. The reporter said Russian forces had also left another three positions on the way to nearby Senaki. Russia's foreign ministry confirmed that troops were being withdrawn in line with the agreement signed on September 8."All Russian peacekeepers will be withdrawn from the five checkpoints between Poti and Senaki no more than seven days following the legally binding agreement on the non-use of force against Abkhazia signed on September 8, 2008," ministry spokesman Andrei Nesterenko said on NTV television."Our peacekeeping forces are currently being withdrawn from these five checkpoints," Nesterenko said.Russia sent forces deep into Georgia last month after repelling an attempt by Tbilisi to retake the breakaway, pro-Russian South Ossetia region.On Monday, Moscow agreed to withdraw its troops from "security zones" inside Georgia around South Ossetia and a second breakaway region, Abkhazia, within a month.
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