Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili said on Friday Georgia is ready for a dialogue with Russia.
"Despite that fact Russia treats us as an enemy and considers us enemies, we are ready for and we want dialogue with [Russia]," Saakashvili said.
However, the president added that the country will not change its European-Atlantic course.
"We will never give up the Georgian people's choice, the European-Atlantic course," Saakashvili said.
"We will never accept the dismemberment of Georgia, the occupation of parts of Georgia. Today, there is no alternative to Georgia's freedom of, today historical logic is on our side, of course, Georgia will be whole," he continued.
Relations between Russia and Georgia have been sour since a brief war in August 2008 over the former Georgian republic of South Ossetia, which was attacked by Georgian forces in an attempt to bring it back under central control.
Russia recognized South Ossetia and another former Georgian republic, Abkhazia, as independent states two weeks after the conflict. Georgia considers the two regions part of its sovereign territory.
TBILISI, February 11 (RIA Novosti)
