Talks in Geneva between Russia and Georgia on the future of the Georgian breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia have been suspended.
A spokesman for the European Union said the meeting had run into what he described as "procedural difficulties," and that both sides had agreed to meet again in mid-November. The EU, the United Nations and the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe mediated the negotiations. The meeting was intended to tackle sensitive military and humanitarian issues as refugees return to Georgian villages following a Russian troop withdrawal. Moscow has since recognised both Georgian breakaway regions South Ossetia and Abkhazia as independent states, after a brief military conflict between Georgia and Russia over South Ossetia back in August.
(Deutsche Welle)
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