Workers weld a gas pipeline Dzuarikau-Tskhinval at the North Ossetia and South Ossetia border near the village of Kvaisa some 230 km outside Vladikavkaz on May 29, 2008. Georgia will propose that Russia host a conference on resolving the conflicts in the breakaway Georgian regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, a Russian newspaper reported. Tensions between Russia and Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili have risen as Georgia pursues membership of the NATO military alliance and tries to retake control of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Getty Images logo Getty Images 18 months ago

Workers weld a gas pipeline Dzuarikau-Tskhinval at the North Ossetia and South Ossetia border near the village of Kvaisa some 230 km outside Vladikavkaz on May 29, 2008. Georgia will propose that Russia host a conference on resolving the conflicts in the breakaway Georgian regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, a Russian newspaper reported. Tensions between Russia and Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili have risen as Georgia pursues membership of the NATO military alliance and tries to retake control of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

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