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By Jamila Babayeva

The 27th round of Geneva talks between Georgia and Russia was held on March 25-26.

The Georgian Foreign Ministry reported that at the meeting the Georgian delegation informed the co-chairs about the situation in the occupied territories of the country.

"The Georgian side has urged the international community to increase diplomatic and political clout on Russia to halt its provocative actions," the ministry reported.

The statements further reads that the situation in Georgia reaffirms the need of reinforced presence of the EU observer mission in Abkhazia and the Tskhinvali region.

The ministry noted that the next round of the Geneva talks will be held on June 17-18, 2014.

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.