Abkhazia broke away from Georgia in the early 1990s following the collapse of the Soviet Union. Between 10,000 and 30,000 people were killed in subsequent hostilities. The two sides signed a ceasefire in 1994 in Moscow.
Peace talks between Abkhazia and Georgia broke off in July 2006 when Tbilisi sent troops into Abkhazia's Kodori Gorge and established an alternative Abkhaz administration there.
"It would be naive to expect one of the parties to return to the negotiation table until the other proves its commitment to the earlier-reached agreement," the ministry said in an official statement.
The Russian Foreign Ministry has also hailed efforts by the U.S. and the European Union to take part in the Georgian-Abkhaz peace settlement, saying the approach taken by the West was "absolutely justified."
Last week, EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana traveled to Sukhumi, the capital of Abkhazia, for discussions with the Abkhazian president on the resumption of peace talks with Tbilisi.
At a meeting with Solana, the breakaway republic's leader Sergei Bagapsh said there would be no peace talks with Tbilisi until all Georgian troops were withdrawn from the upper part of Abkhazia's Kodori Gorge and Georgia formally pledged not to resume hostilities.
Commenting on Bagapsh's statement, the Russian ministry said: "We fully back such a stance," going on to add that if a decision to withdraw Georgian troops was taken in Tbilisi then, "a de-escalation of tensions, a strengthening of stability, and the prospective settlement of the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict would become a reality."
