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By Jamila Babayeva

A regular flight between Georgia and Russia which was interrupted in 2006 will be restored in coming months.

The news was announced by Georgian Deputy Economy Minister Natia Mikeladze.

"We received a note from the Russian Federation through the embassy of Switzerland and our Foreign Ministry to restore the regular flight," she said. "The note says that the flight between Moscow and Tbilisi will be restored with no limitation."

Mikeladze went on to say that the note also included certain conditions of the restoration.

"The regular flight will be restored from September 15, as the competent authorities of both countries should carry out preparatory works. Until September 1, we must exchange a list of specific airlines, which will launch the flight," she noted.

The direct air traffic between Russia and Georgia was cancelled after the deterioration of relations between the two countries in 2006. The air traffic was restored for some time in 2008 but got interrupted again after the 2008 war.

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