Russia rejects draft agreement

Russia has rejected a draft UN Security Council resolution on Georgia, saying it contradicted the terms of last week\'s ceasefire deal.



The draft text called on Russia to pull back its forces to the positions held before the current conflict.



Russia said the truce allows its troops to stay in a buffer zone on the Georgia side of South Ossetia\'s border.



Moscow earlier dismissed a Nato warning that normal relations were impossible, while its troops remained in Georgia.



The conflict broke out on August 7, when Georgia launched an assault to wrest back control of the Moscow-backed breakaway region of South Ossetia, triggering a counter-offensive by Russian troops who advanced beyond South Ossetia into Georgia\'s heartland.