Zurab Abashidze the Special Representative of the prime minister for Russian Issues held a press conference at the State Chancellery today.

Abashidze responded to Lavrov's statement and talked about the planned meeting with the representatives of Russia government.

"Moscow will meet with the Georgian prime minister`s special representative in the near future" -Sergei Lavrov, Russia's Foreign Minister said at a meeting with Vladimir Putin.

"We will respond to a proposal of Zurab Abashidze, which he has sent to us in a capacity of special representative of the Georgian Prime Minister. We will have contacts with him in the nearest future. We will discuss several issues at the meeting with Zurab Abashidze" - Lavrov said.

He said that that Moscow wanted to clarify context in which Tbilisi was willing to normalize its relations with Moscow.

"We are ready for reasonable steps, those that derive from the interest of citizens, however Georgia reiterates its course of NATO membership", - Lavrov said.

Russia's Foreign Minister says that Russia is ready to restore the regular flights between the two countries.