Moscow - Russia has increased its peacekeeping force in the Georgian breakaway provinces of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, Interfax news agency reported Tuesday.
Moscow was responding to Georgia's relocation of troops to the Abkhazian border, Interfax cited the Russian Defence Ministry as saying.
Russia has stationed troops in the disputed region since 1994 under an agreement with the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), a collection of former Soviet republics, to maintain the peace.