New York - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met with his top advisers Saturday to discuss the UN's "approach to the current situation in Georgia," a statement from his office said.

Ban also spoke separately with Belgian Ambassador Jan Grauls who is the current president of the UN Security Council, the UN's five permanent members and Irakli Alasania, Georgia's ambassador to the UN.

On Saturday, Russian President Dimitry Medvedev signed a six-point European Union-mediated peace plan in the conflict over the breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.

Medvedev's signature came a day after Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili signed the document aimed at defusing the crisis in the Caucasus.

The plan was brokered by French President Nicolas Sarkozy on behalf of the EU.

The agreement is not a peace settlement but provides the basis for a legally binding text to end the fighting and pave the way for a political solution.

The UN Security Council is to formalize the six principles.

One of the key points of the plan is the withdrawal of Russian armed forces to positions held before hostilities began last week. (dpa)