“Of course, we are ready to prepare such a meeting and if there is a political will coming not only from Georgia, but also from Russia… if there is an understanding that Georgia is not a Russian enemy but just wants to build friendly relations under the conditions of protection of its sovereignty, of course, such meeting will have sense… Diplomacy and policy is talking, not saber rattling,” Margvelashvili told Maestro TV-channel on Tuesday adding that such meeting must have a clear agenda.
He expressed the hope that Russia and Georgia would manage to reach “the context of a strategic dialogue.” He also described the current Georgian political line to Russia as a course of strategic patience.
Russian-Georgian relations worsened in 2008, when Georgia launched a military operation against its breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, which ended in a five-day war with Russia.
Both regions declared independence from Georgia in the early 1990s and were recognized by Russia following the 2008 conflict.
