Tbilisi - Georgia and Russia made their first prisoner exchange on Tuesday as NATO leaders were set to meet in Brussels on the Ossetia war.
Russian officials at the Igoeti checkpoint, at the boundary between Georgian and Russian lines, handed over 13 Georgian prisoners of war and received 5 Russian servicemen in exchange.
It was the first handover of prisoners between combatants since the outbreak of the Ossetia war earlier this month.
The turnover had been planned for Monday but fell apart over accusations from both sides of procedural violations including incorrect names on POW lists.