Russia has confirmed that Georgia detained earlier on Tuesday four Russian peacekeepers and a military truck in the conflict zone between Georgia and its breakaway region of Abkhazia, local media reported.
"We confirm the detainment of four military from the Collective Peacekeeping Force and a vehicle with munitions in the zone of the Georgian-Abkhazian conflict," Itar-Tass cited Colonel Igor Konashenkov, aide to the commander-in-chief of the Russian Ground Troops.
"At about 20:30, Moscow time (1630 GMT), Georgian law enforcement agencies detained in the southern security zone in violation of all regulatory documents a vehicle of Russian peacekeepers, which was carrying their munitions to the southern security zone," he said.
Georgia, however, accused the peacekeepers of transporting ammunition and shells without coordination with the Caucasus states in the conflict region.
The Collective Peacekeeping Force was deployed in the conflict zone in 1994. The northern part of the security zone is controlled by the breakaway region of Abkhazia and the southern part is controlled by Georgia.
Relations between Russia and Georgia were strained because of Georgia's bid to join NATO and Russia's allegedly supports to those breakaway regions.
Source:Xinhua
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