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By Jamila Babayeva

Georgia and Russia will hold talks in Geneva on December 16-17.

The Georgian delegation led by first Deputy Minister Davit Zalkaliani has already left Tbilisi for Switzerland, the foreign ministry reported.

Before living the country, Zalkaliani said the Georgian side will raise the question on fence construction along the administrative borders in South Ossetia.

The sides will also discuss signing of an agreement on the non-use of force.

The November 6-7 negotiations towards an agreement on non-use of force in the framework of the Geneva talks on Abkhazia and South Ossetia ended without result.

Georgia and Russia, its giant northern neighbour, 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.

The first meeting of the official representatives of Russia and Georgia was held as part of settling bilateral relations in Geneva on December 14, 2012. Afterwards, the discussions continued in Prague. The sides agreed that such meetings will take place again in the next 2 or 3 months.