[Civil Georgia] Large-scale artillery drills by Russia in the North Caucasus and in breakaway South Ossetia is "yet another destructive step" directed against Georgia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, the Georgian Foreign Ministry said on Saturday.In the statement the Georgian Foreign Ministry expressed concern over the exercises and said they represent a violation of Georgian sovereignty and territorial integrity, as well as Russian commitments under the 2008 ceasefire agreement.
Georgia's Foreign Ministry urged Russia "to withdraw its troops from the Georgian territories and to de-occupy Georgia's regions."
It called on the international community "to react adequately on Russian Federation's yet another destructive step and not to allow further actions directed against Georgian sovereignty and territorial integrity."