GEORGIA-SOUTH-OSSETIA-PEACEKEEPERS

Russian peacekeepers guard the Georgian-South Ossetian border near the village of Megvrikisi some 100 km outside Tbilisi, 06 June 2006. Russia will do its best to prevent the use of force in the settlement of conflicts in Abkhazia and South Ossetia, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview published by the Nezavisimaya Gazeta newspaper on 05 June. AFP PHOTO / VANO SHLAMOV