Western media reported that the Israeli authorities had prepared a document ordering its businessmen dealing with arms exports to refrain from trips to the ex-Soviet country for fear of spoiling relations with Russia, which is pushing an arms embargo on Georgia.
"All reports on that score do not correspond with reality. There is nothing of the kind," a spokesman for the ministry said.
Russia circulated a draft UN Security Council resolution Tuesday calling for an embargo on arms sales to Georgia, after the United States announced measures to rebuild the South Caucasus country's military.
Also on Tuesday, Russia formally established diplomatic relations with South Ossetia and Abkhazia, and Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov announced that 3,800 service personnel would be sent to each republic to guard against potential attacks from Georgia.
Russia recognized the republics as independent on August 26, two weeks after it had concluded a military operation in response to an attack by Georgian forces on South Ossetia.
