Georgia, Tbilisi, Dec. 27 / Trend N. Kirtskhalia /
Georgia asked Russia to cooperate in investigating the recent terrorist attacks in the country, but received a rude refusal, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili said during the oath-taking ceremony of 326 special state security service students this week.
According to Saakashvili, Russia has tried to create diversions in Georgia, although Tbilisi has offered to cooperate with the occupiers while investigating the recent blasts in the country.
"We said we are ready to cooperate with Russia in the investigation, but we received a rude refusal from them," he said. "This has further strengthened suspicions regarding who organized these attacks on our territory."
Several terror acts were organized in Georgia in September-November by the Russian special services, Georgian Deputy Interior Minister Eka Zguladze said on Dec.7.
She said six Georgia citizens were arrested on Dec. 4 for their involvement in the blasts in the regions and Tbilisi.
On Sept. 22, a bomb exploded at a cemetery in the Digomy district, which is located between a former car market and the U.S. Embassy in Tbilisi. According to Tbilisi City Hall, an explosive device was found 40 meters from the entrance to the embassy, under a cemetery wall.
On the night of Nov. 28, two powerful blasts were heard in Tbilisi. The first blast took place near the office of the opposition Labor Party on the Javakhishvili Street at around 2:00 a.m. on Sunday night, which killed one woman and injured five people. The blast broke a wall of a nearby building and shattered a large window.
No one was injured as a result of the second blast, which took place on the railway bed near the Tbilisi railway station.