Saakashvili told the AFP news agency that Russia wants a peaceful resolution in South Ossetia. He was speaking after weekend talks with Putin in Moscow.
South Ossetia has been de facto independent since a 1992 truce ended a separatist conflict against Georgian forces.
Saakashvili, elected earlier this year, has made reuniting his fractured country a policy priority.
A tense standoff in the Adjar Autonomous Republic was resolved in early May with the resignation of Adjar leader Aslan Abashidze.
(AFP)
South Ossetia has been de facto independent since a 1992 truce ended a separatist conflict against Georgian forces.
Saakashvili, elected earlier this year, has made reuniting his fractured country a policy priority.
A tense standoff in the Adjar Autonomous Republic was resolved in early May with the resignation of Adjar leader Aslan Abashidze.
(AFP)