Russian troops ride atop armored vehicles near the village of Khurcha heading towards the border of Georgia in breakaway region of Abkhazia August 10, 2008.

MOSCOW, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- President Dmitry Medvedev said Sunday that Russia will start withdrawing its troops from Georgia Monday, a Kremlin statement said.

Medvedev told his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy in a telephone conversation that Georgia must abide by its commitment to withdrawing military units to their home bases unconditionally and clearly, the statement said.

The two presidents discussed the implementation of the six-point plan for settling the Georgian-South Ossetian conflict, it said.

Russia declared a halt to its military offensive in Georgia on Tuesday after days of conflicts with Georgia in its breakaway region of South Ossetia.

Medvedev on Saturday signed the French-brokered peace plan, which was earlier signed by Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili and the leaders of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, another breakaway region of Georgia.

The document bans the use of force and any military action and envisages free access to humanitarian aid. Under the agreement, Georgian troops should return to their bases and the Russian military should pull back to its previous positions.