Russia plans to reject a call by the United States for international mediators to take a bigger role in defusing a row with Georgia.
A surge in violence over the last few weeks in the Georgian breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, where Russia and Georgia are locked in a tense standoff, has worried Western states which fear it could trigger a wider conflict. Late last week, Tbilisi recalled its ambassador from Moscow after Russia said it sent warplanes into Georgian airspace to ward off a Georgian attack. On Friday, Georgia's parliament unanimously appealed for world governments to condemn Russia's aggressive actions.
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