Moscow/Tbilisi  - Georgia Wednesday appeared to be attempting to prevent the dispute with Russia over its breakaway province of Abkhazia and South Ossetia from further escalating with President Mikhail Saakashvili saying that the country sought an end to the conflict.

In a televised address to the people of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, Saakashvili said: "Georgia wants peace."

Earlier Wednesday, Georgia attacked Russia's plans to boost peacekeeping troops in the two breakaway Georgian regions as the start of "full scale military aggression."