French President Sarkozy and Russian President Medvedev meet at the World Policy Conference in Evian

French President Nicolas Sarkozy (L) and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev arrive at the World Policy Conference in Evian, French Alps, on October 8, 2008. Medvedev said on Wednesday it was time to 'give up the confrontational rhetoric' and promised that Russian forces will leave buffer zones in Georgia around the separatist areas of Abkhazia and South Ossetia by midnight Wednesday. (UPI Photo/Anatoli Zhdanov)