WASHINGTON, Aug 7 (Reuters) - The United States and Russia have agreed to work jointly to end fighting in Georgia's breakaway South Ossetia region, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Dan Fried said in an interview on Thursday.

Fried told Reuters he had just spoken with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin by telephone, and "we both agreed to work together to get the fighting stopped in South Ossetia, and encourage political dialogue."

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