TBILISI. Sept 25 (Interfax) - Tbilisi has urged the world to put pressure on Russia over the situation on the Georgian border with South Ossetia, the Georgian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Wednesday following meetings held by Georgian Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.
Support for Georgia was voiced in the context of the situation in Abkhazia and South Ossetia during Zalkaliani's meetings with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, European Council President Donald Tusk, Council of Europe Secretary General Thorbjorn Jagland, and OSCE Secretary General Thomas Greminger, the statement said.
Ways to resolve the situation on the border with South Ossetia have also been discussed, Zalkaliani said, adding that the international community supports Georgia.
"We have asked our partners to keep the issue of Georgia on the agenda of their relations with Russia. We are interacting with everyone to find workable solutions. We listen to and accept recommendations of our partners," he said.
Zalkaliani said that Georgia had called for international pressure on Russia.
Tensions broke out on the border between Georgia and South Ossetia after Georgia opened a police post near the village of Chorchana. Tskhinval demanded that Tbilisi remove the post. Meanwhile, Georgia called for removing a border post placed by South Ossetia on a hill near Chorchana and the village of Tsnelis (Uista). Georgia, which denies recognition of the border with South Ossetia, accused Russia of backing construction of border fortifications by South Ossetia. Georgia called such actions unlawful and said they were creating tensions in the region.