Aug 12 (Reuters) - Following are developments in Georgia at 1030 GMT on Tuesday:

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** Russian President Dmitry Medvedev told the European Union he had ordered a halt to military operations in Georgia, a spokeswoman for EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana said.

** Russia said its troops will remain in current positions in Georgia after Medvedev ordered the stop to military operations.

** Medvedev said a full settlement of the military conflict with Georgia was subject to two conditions, "First, Georgian troops should return to their initial position and be partly demilitarised. Second, we need to sign a binding agreement on non-use of force."

** Georgian Prime Minister Lado Gurgenidze said it needed more evidence of a Russian halt to military operations and will remain "prepared for everything" until Moscow signs a peace deal.

-- In Georgia, Russian forces attacked positions in and around the town of Gori, killing at least five people, a Reuters correspondent said. Russian forces denied the town had been attacked.

-- Separatists in the Black Sea region of Abkhazia, west of the main war theatre, launched a push to drive Georgian forces out of the Kodori Gorge -- the only area of the province under Georgian control.

OTHER EVENTS:

** Georgian Foreign Minister Ekaterine Tkeshelashvili was forced to cancel a visit to meet NATO ambassadors in Brussels because of the situation in Georgia.

-- News of the halt to operations broke just before French President Nicholas Sarkozy was to meet Medvedev at the Kremlin to discuss an international plan to halt the war.

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