The Foreign Ministry informs that the Georgian airspace is closed for the Russian Federation's transportation of the military cargo to Armenia.
"This information is not correct, "- Deputy foreign Minister Nino Kalandadze said to GHN responding the resent publication of the WikiLEaks concerning the next one deciphering materials of the classified letters to USA State Office. At this time WikiLeaks informed John Baas, USA Ambassador to Georgia said "Tbilisi continues the opening of the airspace for Russian military cargos transportation to Armenia."
Kalandadze said that Russian Federation several times applied to Georgian authorities asking for the opening of airspace, but the Georgian side did not satisfied this demand.
"The information form WikiLeaks should be treated cautiously. As we do not know are they reliable or not. Nevertheless the fact is not truth. Russia several times applied to us with suggestion to open the airspace but we did not agree. Last time we got such type of suggestion form Russian Federation at the end of 2008, "- Kalandadze said.
For information, according to the Wikileaks information John Baas, USA Ambassador wrote in 17 February 2010 to USA State Department about "Russia's attempt to continue the military cargo's transportation to Armenia". Georgian experts say that this information is confidential, as the Georgian party was declaring that the Georgian airspace for Russia's military cargo's transportation to Armenia was closed.