Russia And Georgia Still Deadlocked On UN Draft Resolutions

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Source: NASDAQ/AFP

UNITED NATIONS (AFP)--The U.N. Security Council Thursday held talks on the Georgia conflict - the sixth in three weeks - without reaching any decision, as diplomats had anticipated ahead of the meeting.

Two draft resolutions on the conflict, one sponsored by Russia and the other by France, still are before the 15-member council with no chance of approval for either any time soon, diplomats said.

Western countries insist any resolution must uphold Georgia's territorial integrity, which Russia rejects, claiming a new reality exists on the ground, after it recognized Georgia's rebel regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia as independent states Tuesday.

France's deputy permanent U.N. representative, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, said the council had been getting closer to a consensus on Georgia, but that Russia's decision "makes it much more complicated to continue this discussion."

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