Georgian and Russian border guard officials have recently intensified their cooperation and have agreed on closer ties in exchange for information, in an attempt to prevent the possible cross-border movement of illegal armed groups, reported the Georgian Border Guard Department.
?Georgian border guard officials met with their Russian colleagues on September 18 at the Zemo Larsi checkpoint, at the Russo-Georgian border, to discuss cooperation. Another meeting will take place in October in order to outline the details of this cooperation,? Shalva Londaridze, spokesman of the Georgian Border Guard Department, told Civil Georgia on September 20.
The Russian media reported on September 18 that helicopters employed by the Russian air force are launching regular patrols of the Russian-Georgian border in order “to fight a terrorism threat.?