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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice listens to French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner during a NATO foreign ministers meeting at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels August 19, 2008. NATO allies called on Russia to respect a peace deal with Georgia on Tuesday and withdraw its troops but were cool on a U.S. demand that the alliance consider scaling back ties with Moscow.

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice greets Slovenia's Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel (R) during a NATO foreign ministers meeting at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels August 19, 2008. NATO allies called on Russia to respect a peace deal with Georgia on Tuesday and withdraw its troops but were cool on a U.S. demand that the alliance consider scaling back ties with Moscow.

Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini speaks with US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice prior to a meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Brussels. NATO foreign ministers have thrown their weight behind a battered Georgia, demanding a withdrawal of Russian troops but stopping short of imposing a diplomatic freeze on Moscow.

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrives at a news conference during a NATO foreign ministers meeting at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels, August 19, 2008. NATO allies called on Russia to respect a peace deal with Georgia on Tuesday and withdraw its troops but were cool on a U.S. demand that the alliance consider scaling back ties with Moscow.

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice addresses the media at NATO Headquarters after attending an emergency NATO foreign minister meeting in Brussels, Tuesday Aug. 19, 2008. The NATO allies say they cannot have normal relations with Russia as long as Moscow has troops in Georgia. U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her 25 NATO counterparts have called on Russia to immediately withdraw its troops from Georgia.

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, right, talks with Georgia's Foreign Minister Eka Tkeshelasvili during a bilateral meeting in an hotel in Brussels, Tuesday Aug.19, 2008.