Poland called on Saturday for an emergency EU summit to discuss the escalating conflict in the breakaway Caucasus region of South Ossetia.
"I have asked the French EU presidency to urgently convene a meeting of the European Council at the level of heads of government," Polish news agency PAP quoted Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski as saying.
Meanwhile, a communique sent by the Presidential Chancellery said that Polish President Lech Kaczynski deemed inadmissible "any meddling in internal affairs" of Georgia.
Poland has been a strong supporter of Georgia's ambitions to join the EU and NATO, and Tbilisi and Warsaw maintain close relations.
Georgia launched an offensive in South Ossetia on Thursday after three Russian Su-24 planes reportedly attacked its territory. Russia denied reports about the air raid.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev termed the developments in South Ossetia as an act of aggression against Russian people and peace forces, and said the Russian troops had started a military operation to force Georgian troops to cease fire.
South Ossetia, along with another breakaway republic Abkhazia, broke away from Georgia in the 1990s following the collapse of the Soviet Union. But their self-proclaimed independence has not been internationally recognized.
Source: Xinhua
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