Russia & Georgia to jointly investigate missile incident

16 Aug, 2007 04:53 / Updated 17 years ago

Russia is sending a group of experts to Georgia to conduct a joint investigation into a recent missile incident. The group includes top Russian Air Force officials as well as representatives of the Foreign Ministry.

Georgia claims two Russian Su-24 planes entered the country's airspace on August 6 and fired a missile on its territory which did not explode. Russia has repeatedly denied any involvement in the incident.