Georgian Officials Reject Russia’s Offer to Restore Ties Without Settling Territorial Dispute

Georgia Rejects Russian Proposal to Restore Diplomatic Ties

Russia invaded Georgia in 2008, capitalizing on escalated tensions between Tbilisi and the Black Sea country’s two separatist regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

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Tbilisi rejected Moscow's offer due to Russia's positions on Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

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Georgian Officials Reject Russia’s Offer to Restore Ties Without Settling Territorial Dispute

Georgia’s ruling and opposition parties have ruled out restoring diplomatic relations with Russia unless Moscow returns the breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, the business newspaper Kommersant reported Monday, citing senior officials in the South Caucasus country.

Recently, Russian officials have made a proposal to restore diplomatic relations with Georgia. But the Georgian ruling and opposition parties have a unified position that they will not restore diplomatic relations with Russia unless they regain lost territory, Kommersant newspaper reported yesterday, traditionally from Tbilisi official sources. as a result, the provinces of Abkhazia and South Osset, which constituted 20 per cent of Georgia's ter…