The United States said Thursday it is considering scrapping its civil nuclear agreement with Russia but there was no announcement at this time.
"I don't think there is anything to announce yet, but I know that that is under discussion," White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said.
The U.S. move came after Russia's recognition of the independence of Georgia's breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. The United States has said the Russian recognition was "unacceptable."
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed decrees on Tuesday recognizing the independence of the two breakaway regions of Georgia.
Abkhazia and South Ossetia broke from central Georgian rule during wars in the early 1990s following the collapse of the former Soviet Union, but their self-proclaimed independence is not recognized internationally.
On Aug. 7, Georgia sent in troops to reclaim South Ossetia, to which Russia responded with a military offensive, driving Georgian forces out of the region and taking over parts of Georgian territory.
Russia finally declared a halt to its military offensive on Aug. 12. Later, Moscow said it had fulfilled the promise made in a French-brokered peace plan to withdraw its troops from Georgia as of last Friday.
Source:Xinhua
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