Russia-Georgia meeting postponed again

The planned meeting between Georgian and Russian officials has been postponed for the second time.

Georgia’s Special Representative for Relations with Russia Zurab Abashidze and Russian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Grigory Karasin were initially due to meet on March 4-5 but this was postponed until March 14.

Today, Georgian Government authorities revealed the meeting had been further postponed.

The Prime Minister’s press-office said Abashidze and Karasin spoke on the telephone yesterday and agreed to postpone the March 14 meeting to an unspecified time in the near future.

During the phone conversation, both sides reaffirmed the importance of continuing Russia-Georgia dialogue.

The exact date of the future meeting has not been specified although it will be held within the next several weeks, officials said.