Lynch Report

Sarkozy threatened to leave stormy Russian talks

TBILISI (Reuters) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy threatened to walk out of stormy talks with Russian officials before securing a deal with President Dmitry Medvedev on Monday on withdrawing troops from Georgia, a French official said.

The four-hour talks at a castle near Moscow yielded an agreement by Russia to completely withdraw its forces from Georgia's heartland in a month but it did not commit to scale back its military presence in two Georgian separatist regions.  MORE....

(By the way, we have no idea what aspect of Vlad Putin, Pres. Sarkozy is referencing....)