Russia warns of Georgia withdrawal delays

Russia's army remained entrenched in Georgia Tuesday and a top official warned that withdrawal could be delayed, as the main Western military alliance met in crisis session to discuss the conflict.In a rare gesture of goodwill prisoners were exchanged at a checkpoint 30 kilometres (19 miles) from the Georgian capital Tbilisi.An AFP reporter saw 13 Georgians exchanged for five Russians. The Georgians, two of them wounded, had earlier emerged from Russian helicopters that landed near the site.Despite Moscow's assurances of having started a pullout Monday, there was no sign on the ground of major troop movements out of the ex-Soviet republic, which shares the Caucasus mountains border with Russia.NATO foreign ministers met in Brussels to discuss ways to pressure Russia to stick to the French-brokered peace plan which demands both sides retreat from the battle zone of South Ossetia.But Russia, which sent in a huge force on August 8 to drive off a Georgian assault on Moscow-backed separatists in South Ossetia, indicated there would be delays.