On July 10 Georgia recalled its ambassador Erosi Kitsmarishvili from Russia to discuss recent developments in the Republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. According to Georgia's Foreign Minister Yekaterina Tkeshelashvili, this move of Russia exposed the latter's demonstrative approach and political attitude towards issues of international law, as well as international security and stability. The Ambassador was recalled immediately after the Russian Air Force sent aircraft flying over South Ossetia to "defuse the situation in the Georgian-Ossetian conflict zone", the RF Foreign Ministry explains.