Georgia should negotiate directly with Sokhumi and Tskhinvali, instead of "seeking solution on the side" from the third parties, Russia's PM, Vladimir Putin, said few hours after the visit of U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, to Georgia on July 5.

In Tbilisi Clinton spoke out against "continued occupation" of Abkhazia and South Ossetia by Russia and said that Washington was “appalled and totally rejected the invasion and occupation of the Georgian territory.”

Asked by Georgian journalists to comment on Clinton's visit and her remarks in Georgia, Putin, who was visiting museum of WWII in Moscow, said: "While some think that it [South Ossetia] is occupied, others think it is liberated," Russian news agencies reported.