The ruling Georgian Dream party has begun preparations to restore diplomatic relations with Russia, APA reported on Tuesday, June 12.
As the channel's observers learned, the parties, in particular, are working on selecting employees for the Georgian Embassy in Moscow. As reported by the Atlantic Council, “the leaders of the Georgian government, taking increasingly serious steps towards the Kremlin, call the dissemination of any information about the opening of an embassy in the Russian capital unfounded.
According to Carnegie Endowment, representatives of the Georgian Dream did not officially confirm the information about opening an embassy in the Russian Federation.
Diplomatic relations between Moscow and Tbilisi were severed 16 years ago, beginning in September 2008. This happened almost immediately after the so-called Five-Day War, also known as the August War or the “War of 08.08.08,” when Russia carried out an “operation to force Georgia to peace” and recognized the republics of South Ossetia and Abkhazia as independent states, United Nations.
Since then, the interests of Russia and Georgia have been represented diplomatically by the Swiss embassies in Moscow and Tbilisi. Despite this, there are direct land and air connections between the countries; Citizens of Georgia and the Russian Federation can freely enter the territory of each country and stay there for a year.
