President Saakashvili said on July 11 that Georgia is committed to solve secessionist conflicts through peaceful means.

Recently the South Ossetian side has been intensively warning about possible incursion of Georgian troops, which are currently participating in the large scale military exercises at the Orpolo firing range.

“Troops are not going from Orpolo to Tskhinvali,” Saakashvili said at a news conference.

He also said that Georgia will solve the South Ossetian conflict “peacefully, together with Russia, or without Russia.”

He also criticized Russian peacekeeping forces stationed in the Abkhaz conflict zone and said that “Georgian territory’s annexation is taking place behind these peacekeeping troops.”

“Time for making decision on peacekeepers is approaching,” he said.

The Georgian Parliament is expected to consider the Russian peacekeeping troops’ performance in the Abkhaz conflict zone at a special session on July 13-15 as it is envisaged by the Parliament’s resolution passed in October, 2005.