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"The United States deeply regrets that consensus could not be reached on the Greek OSCE chairmanship's proposal for an OSCE office in Tbilisi and a monitoring mission in Georgia," State Department spokesman Ian Kelly said. Kelly said Greece had sought for months to work out a compromise that would avoid the issue of the political or legal status of South Ossetia, a breakaway Georgian province protected by Moscow. "Unfortunately, Russia insisted on a monitoring operation structured to reflect Russia's recognition of South Ossetia's independence," Kelly said. "We commend the Georgian delegation for its constructive approach and are disappointed that Russia could not accept the Greek chairmanship's constructive status-neutral solution," he said. About 20 OSCE military observers are deployed in Georgia, along with 225 European Union observers, to monitor compliance with a ceasefire that halted a brief war between Russia and Georgia in August 2008 over South Ossetia. The OSCE announced on Thursday that the president of its permanent council, Greek Ambassador Mara Marinaki, had broken off talks on extending the mission "until further notice." The current OSCE mission is scheduled to expire June 30. During a visit to Washington last week, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov had expressed hope that the OSCE could reach an agreement on the observers. Kelly said this latest source of friction in relations between Washington and Moscow should not affect negotiations on nuclear arms reductions. "I don't see this as a bad omen necessarily," he said. "It is what it is. It is disappointing and we hope that Russia will reverse its stance." "We are very disappointed by this failure to reach consensus but we have an important strategic agenda with Russia that includes non proliferation issues, counter-terrorism issues (and) we have a growing trade relationship," he said. Copyright © 2009 AFP. All rights reserved
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The United States expressed regret Friday over the failure to reach agreement on extending the mission in Georgia of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, suggesting Russia was to blame.
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