But Washington disagreed.
“They have not completely withdrawn from areas considered undisputed territory and they need to do that,” a White House spokesman said.
British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said he was “deeply concerned” that Russian forces had not withdrawn to their positions before the outbreak of hostilities, as agreed.
Early yesterday, Georgian police were patrolling the streets and the grocery market had re-opened for the first time since the Russians took the town.
NATO has frozen contacts with Russia in a show of support for Georgia, an aspiring member of the military alliance. But despite angry rhetoric, Western states have avoided talk of specific sanctions against Moscow.
Residents in the Georgian town of Gori, occupied by Russian forces since they stormed in earlier this month, watched the soldiers pack up and leave on Friday.
“We’re peaceful people,” said one soldier as he waited for the order to leave the town. “We’re peacekeepers.”
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