标题:West in united front over Georgia Western leaders formed a united front on Sunday as they increased pressure on Russia to live up to its pledge to withdraw from Georgian territory in accordance with a ceasefire signed at the weekend. 西方各国在乔治亚附近组成一道防线，主要是为了迫使俄国遵守停战协定，退出乔治亚的 领土 Dmitry Medvedev, Russia’s president, told Nicolas Sarkozy, his French counterpart, that Russian forces would begin their withdrawal on Monday,　 moving towards South Ossetia and a security zone that roughly coincides with its borders, according to the Kremlin. 俄国克姆林宫表示在周一将开始从南Ossetia撤退到临时停战区。 But his pledge to withdraw forces came only after Mr Sarkozy warned Russia that it faced “serious consequences” if it did not pull out immediately. It also drew a sceptical reaction from Condoleezza Rice, US secretary of state, and Angela Merkel, the German chancellor. 但是俄国的撤军命令一直到法国总统沙科吉对俄国警告如不立即撤军会有严重後果，才开 始执行撤军命令。同时美国国务卿来斯和德国大臣也对俄国的撤军命令抱持着怀疑的态度 The exchanges added to the war of words between Moscow and western capitals in what has become the most serious stand-off between Russia and the west since the end of the cold war. 现今俄国与西方各国的对峙问题就像是冷战时期的延伸。 Ms Rice accused Russia of violating the ceasefire Mr Medvedev signed on Saturday. “There is a ceasefire and Russia is currently not in compliance with this ceasefire,” she told Fox News Sunday. 莱斯控告俄国违反停战协定，＂俄国并没有遵守对停战协定的承诺＂ Visiting Tbilisi, Georgia’s capital, Ms Merkel said the world was watching Russia and called the withdrawal from Georgia an issue of “credibility”. Ms Merkel 表示全世界都在看俄国的下一步行动并认为这是一个信用上的问题。 In comments likely to irk Moscow, the German chancellor also said Georgia remained on track to eventually join Nato, as agreed at a May Nato ummit. “ Every free, independent country can together with Nato members discuss when it can join Nato. In December, we will have a first evaluation of the situation and we are on a clear path in the direction of Nato membership,” she told reporters at a press conference with Mikheil Saakashvili, Georgia’s president. 俄国目前正承受着舆论的压力。德国大臣也表示乔治亚在北约五月的高峰会中确定 将遵守＂每个自由独立的国家都可以加入北约，我们将在十二月用明确的方法评估各国的 情况＂的原则加入北约。 Mr Medvedev stopped short of promising that Russian troops would return to Russia, suggesting that Russia could maintain a sizeable force in South Ossetia and Abkhazia, and in a buffer zone several kilometres wide around the enclaves. 俄国总统停止撤军的行动，并建议让俄军在South　Ossetia和 Abkhazia建立一个军事防 线，同时在乔治亚国境里建立一个军事缓冲区。 Such a massive Russian presence in the enclaves could allow them eventually　 to seek independence or be annexed by Russia, something Georgia is perate to avoid. “No matter what happens, we will never reconcile with the fact of annexation or indeed separation of parts of territory from Georgia; with the attempt to legalise ethnic cleansing; and with the attempts to bring Georgia to its knees and undermine our democratic system,” Mr Saakashvili said. 俄国这样的行动明显是要协助South　Ossetia和 Abkhazia独立，甚至并吞。乔治亚正是 担心这样的事情发生。＂不管发生什麽事，我们都不能容忍俄国并吞我们的领土或是策 动独立行动，甚至企图进行种族净化。这样的行为将会造成乔治亚让步，甚至民主政权不 稳。＂ Things initially looked optimistic on Sunday morning, as Russia’s forward commander in Gori, Georgia, declared the Russian army was leaving Georgia. But soon after that, Russia’s defence ministry issued a denial. 再周日早晨原本有一项令人雀跃的消息，＂俄国将从乔治亚撤军＂，可是过没多久之後， 俄国即出面否定这件事。 The US has been trying to marshal western countries to exert pressure on Russia to live up to the ceasefire, and respect Georgia’s territorial integrity. But major fissures have opened up between western allies in the past week, with Germany, France and Italy opposing Washington’s bid to further isolate Moscow. 美国正在联合西方各国并警告俄国遵守停战协定，同时也尊重乔治亚的领土完整权利。但 是事情在德国，法国和义大利反对华盛顿协定中的孤立莫斯科行动时出现变数。 Germany’s foreign minister, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, warned against punishing Russia too severely. “I do not advise . . . any knee-jerk reaction such as suspending talks on a partnership and co-operation agreement [with the European Union],” he told the weekly Welt am Sonntag. 德国外交大臣反对对俄国展开过度激烈的压迫行动＂我不同意任何直觉性行动，像是蓄意 终止谈话或是和欧盟结盟等行为＂ --

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