Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili said on Monday that his country does not want to use the February Gori blast to enter confrontation with Russia, though there are evidences of foreign involvement in it, according to reports from Tbilisi.

Georgia is ready to cooperate with Russia in fighting against terrorism and develop friendly relations with Russian leaders, said Saakashvili.

Georgian Interior Minister Vano Merabishvili, after talks with the president, told reporters that three people have so far been arrested over the car bomb blast in the eastern Georgian city of Gori in February.

Tbilisi accused the Russian military intelligence of being behind the attack which killed three policemen and injured 23 passers-by.

Merabishvili claimed the detained persons are members of a sabotage group formed one and a half years ago.

However, Russian Foreign Ministry and General Staff immediately denied Georgia's allegations on Monday.

"Georgian Interior Minister Vano Merabishvili's claims about the involvement of the main intelligence directorate (GRU) of the Russian General Staff in acts of sabotage in Georgia do not correspond to reality," a top-ranking official of the General Staff was quoted by Itar-Tass as saying.

The official said "This is a clear provocation reflecting the general unfriendly attitude of official Tbilisi towards Moscow."

Source: Xinhua