Foreign Affairs Ministry of Russia submitted note of protest to Ambassador of Georgia in Russia Zurab Abashidze yesterday. “Russian side pays responsibility on Georgian government regarding aggravation of situation in Abkhazia. Attempts to accuse Russia of bombing Kodori gorge, Abkhazia, are ungrounded”, the protest note states.
Tbilisi officials blame Russian military jets in bombing Georgian villages in Kodori gorge. Security Minister Vakhtang Kutateladze stated yesterday that the Ministry has a radio interception between two Russian pilots who have bombed the Georgian villages.