MOSCOW, June 25 Georgia is increasingly aware reluctance to be used as a springboard for threats to Russia, which has a positive effect on trade and economic ties between the two countries, said Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Overchuk.
«If you look at Georgia… more and more they understand themselves as an independent sovereign state, striving to live in peace with their neighbors. They understand that they do not want to be used as a springboard for projecting threats to the Russian Federation.» , — said Overchuk at the session of the Primakov Readings.
He added that this trend “has a good response” in the form of growth in trade and economic relations between Moscow and Tbilisi, in particular indicators in the field of tourism. According to him, this is what both sides strive for.