Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin described as "provocative" Georgian calls for deployment of international police force and peacekeepers in Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

Georgian media have said that during the talks on Transcaucasia in Geneva on January 28, the Tbilisi delegation planned to demand that international police force and peacekeepers be deployed in Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

"The issue is absolutely unsubstantiated and provocative," Karasin said.

Russia recognized the independence of the former Georgian regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia in August 2008 after crushing Tbilisi in a five-day war launched to repel its attempt to retake South Ossetia by force. Tbilisi has described Russia's actions as "occupation" and demands the territories back.

"Our Georgian colleagues try to rewrite the agenda of the Geneva talks with their political goal of returning their lost territories," Karasin said.

Karasin said Russia feared that "the militaristic and provocative agenda of [Georgian President Mikheil] Saakashvili remained dangerous for the region's stability."

He said that providing strong security guarantees for Abkhazia and South Ossetia was the main goal in the Geneva talks.

The talks involving Georgia, Russia, South Ossetia and Abkhazia are backed by the United Nations, the European Union and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.

MOSCOW, January 27 (RIA Novosti)