U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, on a visit to U.S. ally Georgia on Thursday, called for a more intensive international effort to resolve the conflict. But the idea was quickly rebuffed by Russia.
"We don't see any reason for anyone's mediation in settling relations," Interfax quoted the diplomatic source as saying. "We have direct dialogue with Georgia and contacts are continuing."
Russian and Georgian Military forces are locked in a tense stand off.
A surge in violence over the last few weeks in the Georgian breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
Russia said it sent its warplanes into Georgian airspace earlier this week to ward off a Georgian attack on South Ossetia.
Georgia's parliament on Friday unanimously appealed for world governments "to condemn Russia's aggressive actions...and to support Georgia's peaceful initiative for conflict resolution".
"Various advisers from very far away should first of all respect those people who live in the region," Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in televised remarks urging Georgian officials "to calm the situation down ... so people can thrive and not live in conflict and be subject to all kinds of threats."
Both separatist regions broke away from Tbilisi's rule in wars in the 1990s and now run their own affairs with backing from Moscow.
"We don't see any reason for anyone's mediation in settling relations," Interfax quoted the diplomatic source as saying. "We have direct dialogue with Georgia and contacts are continuing."
Russian and Georgian Military forces are locked in a tense stand off.
A surge in violence over the last few weeks in the Georgian breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
Russia said it sent its warplanes into Georgian airspace earlier this week to ward off a Georgian attack on South Ossetia.
Georgia's parliament on Friday unanimously appealed for world governments "to condemn Russia's aggressive actions...and to support Georgia's peaceful initiative for conflict resolution".
"Various advisers from very far away should first of all respect those people who live in the region," Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in televised remarks urging Georgian officials "to calm the situation down ... so people can thrive and not live in conflict and be subject to all kinds of threats."
Both separatist regions broke away from Tbilisi's rule in wars in the 1990s and now run their own affairs with backing from Moscow.
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