Russian forceswill leave positions around the portof Potiwithina week, and pull backfrom the rest of the buffer zone tendays afterEUmonitorsare deployed, which must bebyOctober1st.
And he insisted that the presence of Russian troops deep inside Georgia's territory, including around the port of Poti - nowhere near any buffer zone - was also allowed under the terms of the ceasefire.
The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Dallas and the USS McFaul delivered more than 230, 000 pounds of aid to the port of Batumi, south of Poti, when they arrived in recent weeks, the Navy said.