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By Jamila Babayeva

The 27th round of Geneva talks between Georgia and Russia will be held on March 25-26, Georgian Deputy Foreign Minister Davit Jalagania said.

"Traditionally, the Georgian delegation will be led by First Deputy Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani at the talks," he said.

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

The last scheduled Geneva talks were recently postponed for an indefinite period.

Jalagania said the Georgian side once again will express its strong protest regarding tense situation in the occupied regions in terms of security and human rights and the establishment of barbed wire along the occupation line and other artificial barriers.

"Also, the Georgian delegation will draw co-chairs ` attention to the airspace violations by the Russian helicopters," he added.

He said that the delegation will raise again the issue of commitment undertaken by the Russia on non-use of force, as well as involvement of international security mechanisms in the occupied territories during the negotiations.

"The humanitarian issues will be considered as a part of the second working group," Jalagania concluded.

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.