Russia is ready to normalize relations with Georgia and wants to maintain good ties with any country interested in that, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
Following Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin’s interview with the Izvestia daily where he said that Moscow is ready to resume diplomatic relations with Tbilisi, reporters asked the press secretary whether Russian President Vladimir Putin had given the country's diplomats any directives on this track.
"There is no concrete timeframe, but Russia is genuinely ready to take steps toward normalizing relations. This is indeed true. We are interested in building good relations with all countries that want that and are ready for that," Peskov said.
Diplomatic ties between Moscow and Tbilisi have been severed since 2008.
