
Washington says it is prepared to veto a Russian resolution seeking to implement a six-point ceasefire plan.
Russia has reiterated its opposition to a rival French text, reaffirming Georgia's territorial integrity.
Most Russian soldiers are due to leave Georgia shortly but 500 will stay in a "buffer zone" around South Ossetia.
Russia has set itself a deadline of Friday night to pull back all its combat troops .
Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili has told the BBC the Russians are still consolidating their hold on parts of his country, and he again accused them of trying to paralyse the Georgian economy.
Russia fought a four-day war with Georgia after it tried to retake the breakaway province of South Ossetia by force on 7 August.
Moscow has had peacekeeping troops in the province, which it borders, since it broke away in the early 1990s.
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