Russia's president Dmitry Medvedev has agreed to the proposal calling for both Russian and Georgian troops to move back to their initial positions and stop the war.

Georgia has not yet agreed this plan yet, which also calls for the beginning of discussion on an international level, on future status of Georgia's provinces and ways to ensure their security.

The plan endorsed by the russian's president and his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy demands that the parties ensure the free access for humanitarian assistance.

Medvedev says that Russian peacekeepers will stay in Georgia's provinces.

Moscow has peacekeepers deployed to both South Ossetia and Abkhazia, but Georgia says they support separatists there.

The two regions have run their own affairs without international recognition since fighting to split from Georgia in the 1990s.

Russian officials from Moscow had given signals that the fighting could pave the way for them to be absorbed into Russia.

Georgia's president Mikheil SAAKASHVILI said his government will designate Russian peacekeepers in Abkhazia and South Ossetia as occupying forces.

After his talks in Moscow, French president, Sarkozy will be heading to the Georgian capital with the proposal.