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US, Europeans scramble to prevent Georgia-Russia war

AFP, Washington
The United States and European Union are leading a diplomatic push to prevent all-out war between Georgia and Russia, calling for a ceasefire as Russian tanks rolled into a rebel Georgian province.
Envoys from the US, EU and Organization of Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) were being deployed to Georgia to seek an end to the fighting in Russian-backed South Ossetia, a breakaway region ofWestern-backed Georgia.
On Friday, Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte summoned Russian Charge d'Affaires Alexander Darchiyev to the State Department to press Moscow to cease military operations in
Georgia.
"The United States calls for an immediate ceasefire to the armed conflict in Georgia's region of South Ossetia," US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said in a statement Friday
"We call on Russia to cease attacks on Georgia by aircraft and missiles, respect Georgia's territorial integrity, and withdraw its ground combat forces from Georgian soil," she said.
The United States was working actively with its European allies to launch international mediation to end the crisis, Rice said, adding that senior US officials have spoken with the parties in the conflict.
"We underscore the international community's support for Georgia's sovereignty and territorial
integrity within its internationally recognised borders, as articulated in numerous UN Security Council resolutions," she said.
US president George W. Bush spoke to Rice and National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley about the crisis from Beijing, where he is attending the Olympic Games, White House spokeswoman Dana Perino told reporters.
Russian tanks and troops surged into South Ossetia on Friday to repel a Georgian offensive to reclaim the region amid fighting said to have left hundreds dead.
On Saturday, die Russian army announced it had "liberated" the South Ossetian capital of Tskhinvali as Georgia declared a" state of war."
South Ossetia broke from Georgia in the early 1990s. It has
since been a constant source of friction between Georgia and Russia, which disputes Tbilisi's hopes of joining Nato.
South Ossetia has long sought unification with North Ossetia, which is inhabited by the same Ossetian ethnic group but ended up across the border in Russia after the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union.
The Georgian government, led by President Mikheil Saakashvili, announced it would withdraw its 2,000 troops that are part of the US-led coalition in Iraq to help the fight in South Ossetia.
The EU presidency said it was in contact with all protagonists and working to secure a ceasefire "so as to avoid an extension of the conflict"