Russian-Georgian negotiations scheduled for December 13-14

A Russian-Georgian meeting without mediators, the first since the 2008 war, will be held in Geneva on December 13-14. Sources in the Georgian State Chancellery told Trend that the country's special representative on settling relations with Russia, Zurab Abashidze, will leave for Geneva on December 12.

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin, who will take part at the meeting with Abashidze, is already there. Today he is representing Russia at the Geneva talks.

Georgian Foreign Minister Maia Panjikidze said that technical issues will be discussed at the first meeting. "They include the format of negotiations, their frequency and the status of the Russian representative," she said.

Panjikidze said one should expect great results from the first meeting, but it should determine the prospects of a new format.