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By Nazrin Gadimova

Fence construction along the administrative border of the Tskhinvali region with the rest of Georgia is stopped, Deputy Head of the Georgian Interior Ministry's information-analytical department Kakha Kemoklidze said on October 11.

"Russian occupation troops do not build barbwires and fences at the moment," Kemoklidze said before meeting with NGOs' representatives.

The situation at the administrative border of Tskhinvali region (the so-called South Ossetia) with the rest territory of Georgia has been in the spotlight of the Georgian authorities and the international community for several months.

Russian border guard officers have begun establishing barbwire along the de-facto border shortly after the conflict. The Georgian side claims that these actions violate the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Georgia, as well as the principles of international law and the ceasefire agreement between Georgia and Russia dated August 12, 2008.

Georgia and Russia, its giant northern neighbor, have maintained no diplomatic relations since a brief war in 2008. Tbilisi broke off relations with Moscow in August 2008 when Moscow crushed a Georgian assault to reassert control over two rebel regions -- South Ossetia and Abkhazia -- and later recognized the regions. Georgia announced the two unrecognized republics as occupied territories in September 2008.