He noted that "the ban on Russian airlines to carry out air transportation of citizens from the territory of the Russian Federation to the territory of Georgia, introduced in July 2019, was a forced measure caused by a well-known anti-Russian provocation."

“We are convinced that this measure is temporary.

We hope that the Georgian authorities have learned from what happened, and after the stabilization of the sanitary and epidemiological situation associated with the spread of coronavirus infection, it will be possible to return to the issue of resuming flights, "RIA Novosti Rudenko quotes.

Earlier it became known that Russia is extending the suspension of flights with Tanzania until August 17 inclusive.