(Itar-Tass) - Georgian Foreign Minister Gela Bezhuashvili said on Wednesday Tbilisi urges the replacement of Russian peacekeeping troops in the conflict zones for international police troops, reports Trend.
Georgia will not put up with a unilateral dominating role of Russian peacekeepers at its territory and comes up with an initiative to replace them by international police force, he said.
All of us try to find opportunities and prospects for tackling this issue within the framework of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe and the European Union, he said.
Bezhuashvili met in Brussels with OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel de Gucht and US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Matthew Brize.
The peaceful settlement of Abkhazian and South Ossetian conflicts topped the meeting's agenda, Brize said.
He pointed out that they met to coordinate their positions on this issue and do their utmost to settle the frozen conflicts by peaceful means once and for all.
The Joint Peacekeeping Forces manned by Russian soldiers have been deployed in the Georgian-Abkhazian conflict zone since 1994.
Peacekeeping troops from Georgia, Russia and South Ossetia have been on duty in the Georgian-South Ossetian conflict zone since 1992 in compliance with the Russian-Georgian agreements.
The Abkhazian and South Ossetian authorities oppose the pullout of Russian peacekeepers from the conflict zones.