CRAWFORD, August 16, 2008 (AFP) - US President George W. Bush said Saturday that the breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia must remain part of Georgia.

Bush said in a speech at his ranch in Crawford, Texas that the two regions, embroiled for the past two weeks in a bloody conflict between Russia and Georgia, are 'a part of Georgia,' and 'they will remain so.'

'There is no room for debate on this matter,' Bush added.