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Georgian-Russian talks postponed again

11 March 2014 16:10 (UTC+04:00)
Georgian-Russian talks postponed again

By Jamila Babayeva

A meeting between Georgian Prime Minister's Special Representative for Russian-Georgian relations, Zurab Abashidze and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin was postponed for an indefinite period.

This became known after a telephone conversation between Abashidze and Karasin, the Georgian government reported on March 11.

The parties agreed that the meeting will take place in the next few weeks.

Earlier, the meeting supposed to be held in Prague on March 5. However, it was postponed at the request of the Russian side for March 14.

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.

The first meeting of Georgian and Russian official representatives was held in Geneva on December 14, 2012, the last fifth meeting - in Prague on November 21, 2013.

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