Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has called on the Georgian authorities to give up their anti-Russian policy and to allow their people to have better relations with Russia in the future.

“The reasons behind the current situation in Russian-Georgian relations are not only the detention of Russian servicemen,” Lavrov said in an exclusive interview with the Interfax news agency.

“Violations of previously signed agreements and decisions to abandon them, attacks against the Russian authorities, attempts to humiliate our peacekeepers, provocative acts against them, moves to heighten tensions in the conflict zone, and an aspiration to mobilize the West against us by alleging ”Russia’s imminent aggression“ have already become some ”carte-de-visite“ of Tbilisi’s policy,” he said.

“We cannot help but be concerned over the fact that the Georgian authorities clearly favor methods of force in the Abkhaz and South Ossetian issues. They have embarked on the road that will undermine all previously concluded agreements regarding settlement options,” the minister said.

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