The talks focused specifically on the repercussions of the unilateral decision by Russia to close the Verkhny Lars border crossing with Georgia and the murder of South Ossetian National Security Council Secretary Oleg Arbolov, Caucasus Press reported.

Bezhuashvili construed both events as part of an attempt by Russia to thwart Tbilisi's efforts to resolve its conflict with South Ossetia.

Also on July 10, Georgian Minister for Conflict Resolution Giorgi Khaindrava told journalists in Tbilisi that Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) has deployed 30 of its operatives to the South Ossetian conflict zone where, Khaindrava claimed, they are preparing unspecified "new provocations" against Georgia, Caucasus Press reported.

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