Russia: Georgia drone flight breached U.N. rules

MOSCOW-Russia on Tuesday hit back at Georgia over the shooting down of a spy drone saying the unmanned Georgian flight over the breakaway region of Abkhazia breached United Nations ceasefire agreements.Russia's Foreign Ministry said the drone had been shot down by separatist forces in Abkhazia. The Russian air force denied Georgian claims a Russian fighter had downed the craft.Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili on Monday clashed publicly with Russian President Vladimir Putin about the incident, just two weeks after NATO promised the small Caucasus state it would one day become a member of the military alliance.Russia, opposed to NATO expansion closer to its borders, said last week it was forging closer ties with Georgia's two breakaway regions, Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Tbilisi lost control over the areas after separatist wars in the 1990s."This flight by the reconnaissance plane, which can also be used for guiding fire, is a violation of both the Moscow ceasefire and force separation agreement of May 14, 1994, and a corresponding resolution of the United Nations Security Council regarding the mandate of the U.N. observation mission in Georgia," the ministry said.The 1994 Moscow agreement says parties should scrupulously observe the cease-fire on land, sea and in the air, and "refrain from all military actions against each other."It was unclear whether the drone flight constituted a military action.Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said it was not the first time drones had been used in the region.
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