Georgia warns Russia not to increase its peacekeeping force in the conflict zones, otherwise Georgia will view the move as an aggression, according to reports reaching here on Tuesday.
"The sending of armed units, which have the peacekeeping status, to the Georgian territory must be coordinated with the Georgian side. Moscow did not do that," Georgian Acting Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze was quoted by the Itar-Tass news agency as saying in a press briefing.
"Such steps of Russia violate fundamental laws and flagrantly trample upon the sovereignty of Georgia," Vashadze said, adding that the enlargement of the Russian force will escalate destabilization.
Georgian Prime Minister Lado Gurgenidze said earlier in the day, every single Russian peacekeeper added to the collective force in the Abkhaz and South Ossetian conflict zones "will be viewed by Georgia as a potential aggressor."
Russian Defense Ministry said Tuesday that "due to the heightening of tensions in the zone of the Georgian-Abkhazian conflict, the Russian peacekeepers command put up 15 additional observation posts."
The CIS collective peacekeeping force, which is made up of Russian servicemen, was deployed in the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict zone in 1994. The combined peacekeeping force of Georgia, Russia and North Ossetia was brought to the Georgian-Ossetian conflict zone in 1992 in line with Georgian-Russian accords.
Source:Xinhua
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