Humiliation complete for Georgian President

Humiliation for Georgian President Saakashvili was completed today as he was forced to sign a peace agreement that gives the Russian Army the right to patrol on Georgian territory.
In a critical amendment to the ceasefire drawn up by President Sarkozy of France, the Kremlin forced Saakashvili to accept that Russian troops could control a buffer zone of Georgian territory up to 10km beyond the border of the breakaway region of South Ossetia.
Saakashvili was humiliated further when the final text of the agreement, removed a reference to Russian recognition of Georgia’s territorial integrity. It referred only to independence and sovereignty. Only yesterday Ser-gei Lavrov, the Russian Foreign Minister, had said that the world could forget about Georgia’s territorial integrity. The copy of the agreement was delivered personally by Condoleezza Rice, the US Secretary of State
After signing the peace agreement, an emotional Saakashvili said defiantly: “A significant part of Georgian territory remains under foreign military occupation. Never, ever will Georgia reconcile itself with the occupation of even one square kilometre of its territory.”