In Beijing, World Leaders Have Georgia on Their Minds
August 8, 2008 | 0938 GMT
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While world leaders share chopsticks in Beijing, Georgian forces are closing on the rebel flank of South Ossetia, determined to end secession. The Kremlin has called a crisis meeting to decide what to do. At this hour, it’s hard to predict the outcome. But this much is clear: Georgia cannot pretend to be a real country until it brings South Ossetia under control, and Russia cannot pretend to be a regional power so long as Georgia resists it. That means Moscow must either seek a truce with Tbilisi or confront it. Colin Chapman reports.
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