BRUSSELS, Oct 10, SPA -- Russian forces have pulled outof areas of Georgia outside South Ossetia and Abkhazia, asagreed with the European Union after the war there in August,REUTERS quoted the EU's foreign policy chief as saying on Friday. "I am happy to announce that the EU Monitoring Missionpatrols have confirmed that Russian armed forces have completedtheir planned withdrawal from the areas adjacent to Abkhazia andSouth Ossetia," Javier Solana said in a statement. "This withdrawal will, we hope, allow internally displacedpeople to return to their homes and contribute to thenormalisation of living conditions in these areas," he said. --SPA www.spa.gov.sa/596517