"Tbilisi should let Russian diplomats meet with the alleged spies detained in Georgia, to verify whether there are actually any Russian citizens among them",- Foreign Minister of Russia Sergey Lavrov said on Tuesday.

"There are certain consular procedures, and we demand consular access. We want to make sure that the detainees are our citizens," -Sergey Lavrov told Russian journalists - "No negotiations are being conducted to resolve the issue. This is a provocation".

The Counter-Intelligence Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia (MIA) conducted a special operation titled "Enveri" and detained a total of 13 people covertly working for the Main Intelligence Division of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation (GRU). There are 4 Russian and 9 Georgian citizens among the detainees.