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Russia resumes issuing visas to Georgians

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TBILISI, March 21 (RIA Novosti, Marina Kvaratskhelia) -Russia's diplomatic mission in Georgia resumed its regular visa-issuing program Tuesday a month after it suspended operations in the light of Georgia's refusal to give visas to Russian peacekeepers, a diplomat said.

"The consulate department at the Russian Embassy in Georgia fully resumed issuing visas to Georgian citizens on March 21," said Mikhail Svirin, the mission's press secretary.

The embassy stopped issuing visas to Georgians, except those traveling for humanitarian purposes, on February 21.

The suspension came after Russia took the view that Georgia had created artificial obstacles to for the receipt of visas by its peacekeepers during the year despite agreements reached on the closure of its military bases and facilities from Georgian territory, which also regulate the rotation of Russian servicemen.

Relations between Moscow and Tbilisi have deteriorated since the start of the year over a series of incidents involving Russian peacekeepers stationed in the zones of the conflicts dating back to the collapse of the Soviet Union with South Ossetia and Abkhazia, two self-proclaimed republics in Georgia.

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