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BLITZER: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is
joining with her NATO counterparts in calling for a
quick withdrawal of Russian troops from the Republic
of Georgia. In a joint statement following talks in
Brussels, NATO warns that regular contacts with
Moscow will be impossible until there's a full
pullout.
CNN's Michael Ware is in the Georgian capital of
Tbilisi with an update on the military situation.
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MICHAEL WARE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Russia's high-stakes
military brinksmanship continues here in the war in
Georgia, with all indications showing that the
Russian troops are staying put in most of their
positions.
On the western front, on the Black Sea coast,
Georgian government officials say that Russian troops
re-entered the all-important seaport city of Poti.
There the Georgian government says Russian troops
took 21 Georgian military police officers prisoners
and took them back to a strong point 30 kilometers
from the coast.
Meanwhile, on the eastern front, there were reports
from the Georgian government of Russian troops
attempting to enter a Georgian military barracks and
prevented by Georgian police, with a threat,
according to the Georgian government, that the
Russian troops would return.
Meanwhile, in the city of Gori, an undisputed
Georgian territory, again, there's absolutely no hint
of Russian troops leaving. Indeed, a Georgian vice
prime minister has told CNN that a Russian general
informed him that Russian troops may, in fact, set up
more permanent checkpoints in the city despite
increasing calls from the international community now
led by the NATO secretary-general for the Russians to
pull back to their positions before this conflict
began on August 6th.
Michael Ware, CNN, Tbilisi.