(Itar-Tass) - Georgia will receive only planes fitting for people for the delivery of Georgian citizens deported from Russia and the transportation of Russian citizens, who have completed their visits to Georgia, to Moscow, President Mikhail Saakashvili said on Sunday.
We are ready to receive Georgian citizens deported from Russia and assist the departure of Russians from Georgia, but that must be done onboard normal planes, he said on the Rustavi-2 television channel.
Tbilisi Airport will receive only planes fitting for people, he added.
A plane of the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry will come to Tbilisi on Monday, October 9, for delivering to Moscow 120 Russian citizens who are on business, private or tourist trips to Georgia and have failed to go home because of the suspended traffic, a source at the Russian consulate in Georgia told Itar-Tass on Sunday.
Two planes of ministry delivered 175 Russian citizens from Tbilisi to Moscow on October 6. The consulate said they did not appeal for the evacuation of Russians but simply wanted to help people who wished to return home, reports Trend.