The Georgian Foreign Ministry earlier lodged a formal complaint with the Russian Embassy in Tbilisi over the meeting, which took place in the South Ossetian capital, Tskhinvali on May 19.
"In regard to media reports about a joint governmental session of North and South Ossetia in Tskhinvali, we can say the information was only partly correct," the Foreign Ministry said in a statement, saying that reports had been incorrect about the format of the meeting.
"South Ossetia held a governmental session on May 19 in Tskhinvali, which was attended by representatives from the government of North Ossetia," the ministry said.
Georgia's Foreign Ministry said earlier it would consider the meeting as a breach of international norms and interference in the affairs of a neighboring state, as well as an unfriendly step by Russia toward Georgia.
South Ossetia declared independence from Georgia in 1991 following the collapse of the Soviet Union. Russia mediated ceasefire agreements after a bloody conflict between the sides, and Russian peacekeepers have been deployed in the conflict zones ever since. Georgia has accused Russia of siding with separatists and stalling an ongoing peace process.
The South Ossetian authorities want to rejoin North Ossetia, although the two regions were separate administrative entities in the Soviet era and were separated further after the breakup of the Soviet Union. South Ossetia announced earlier this year that it would ask Russia's Constitutional Court to allow it to join the Russian Federation and would present historical documents to back its claim.
