Georgian PM says does not believe Russian authorities ordered demarcation of South Ossetian boundaries
TBILISI. May 29 (Interfax) - Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili said he did not exclude that Russian frontier guards installing barbed wire in the Tskhinval region, followed an order of some general, not an order of the Russian higher authorities.
"I do not agree with opponents saying that these unilateral actions of Russian frontier guards are caused by our moderate rhetoric regarding Russia. We have normal diplomatic rhetoric, not moderate rhetoric and our plans are to improve relations with Russia though it will be difficult to do this," Ivanishvili told reporters on Wednesday.
On May 28, the Georgian Foreign Ministry said in a statement it was disturbed with the alleged unauthorized installation of barbed wire along the border with South Ossetia, between the villages of Ditsi and Dvani.
The document said that "such actions of the Russian occupation troops are a violation of main international law principles as well as a violation of the Georgian borders recognized internationally and a severe violation of the ceasefire agreement of August 12, 2008."
"Georgia intends to bring the information on the existing situation to its international partners and international community so that they reacted accordingly on the illegal actions of occupants," the Georgian Foreign Ministry said in the statement.