Inside Europe | 23.08.2008 | 15:05
NATO throws down the gauntlet to Russia following the war in Georgia
The fighting left thousands dead and many more homeless. But as the violence calms down, a new quarrel could be brewing following the NATO summit in Brussels.
In protest at Russia’s military intervention in Georgia, NATO foreign ministers held an extraordinary meeting in Brussels this week to discuss the crisis. The conflict broke out at the beginning of August when Georgia launched an assault to wrest back control of the Moscow-backed breakaway region of South Ossetia. This triggered a counter-offensive by Russian troops who advanced beyond South Ossetia into Georgia's heartland.
Reporter: Rob Turner
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