The United States criticized Russia on Friday for failing to live up to its ceasefire agreement with Georgia.
"The Russians have finally begun to move their forces out of Georgia but they have failed to live up to their obligations under the ceasefire agreement," State Department spokesman Robert Wood told reporters.
"We call on Russia to adhere to that agreement fully and we want to see them adhere to it and move those forces out as soon as possible," he said.
Georgia launched attacks against its breakaway South Ossetia on Aug. 7 in an attempt to regain control of the breakaway region bordering Russia.
In retaliation, Moscow sent in troops that drove Georgian forces out of the region and took over parts of Georgian territory.
Moscow promised in a French-brokered cease-fire agreement that it will withdraw its troops as of Friday. Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov said earlier in the day that Russia has withdrawn its troops from Georgia to South Ossetia "as planned."
South Ossetia, formerly an autonomous region within Georgia, declared independence from the former Soviet republic in the early1990s. However, its independence has not been internationally recognized.
Source: Xinhua
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