Georgia wants direct flights to the Russian Federation resumed as soon As possible, said Minister of foreign Affairs David Zalkaliani. according to his statement, in Tbilisi only welcomes the acceleration of this process. "Relations between peoples and tourism is the areas that promote de-escalation," - said the diplomat. yesterday, Georgian authorities announced a record decline in tourist arrivals in the airports of Tbilisi and Batumi due to the termination of air communication with Russia. According to unverified estimates, the local tourism sector will not be counted more than 700 million dollars. As said Prime Minister of Georgia Giorgi Gakharia, the authorities in favor of normalizing relations with Russia and the restoration of air links. The politician has noticed that Tbilisi in this matter ought to do 1st step. first press Secretary of President Dmitry Peskov said that the resumption of direct flights may only be after a normalization of relations of the pair countries. The leadership of the Russian Federation has underlined, Russia and Georgia have " otfiksirovat is the time which will be suitable for the resumption of flights." While Sands drew attention that there have been signs of progress in this matter. For example, the first 2008 meeting of heads the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation and Georgia, which took place in new York. leader Vladimir Putin banned Russian air carriers from 8 July, direct flights with Georgia. In addition, the Ministry of transport announced a temporary shutdown of flights of Georgian organizations in the Russian Federation. These decisions were taken against the background of anti-Russian actions in Tbilisi due to the fact that in June during the opening General session of the Interparliamentary Assembly of Orthodoxy, the head of the organization of the Deputy of the state Duma Sergey Gavrilov according to the Protocol of the event sat in the chair of speaker of Parliament. Then the leader Salome Zurabishvili accused Moscow of organizing the protests and called the Russian Federation " enemy and occupier ". Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev have found a similar message unprofessional. <span style="color:darkgray