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15:58 | 14/ 07/ 2008

TBILISI, July 14 (RIA Novosti) - Georgia plans to increase the strength of its armed forces by 5,000 personnel to 37,000 amid growing tensions with Russia over two breakaway provinces, a senior lawmaker said Monday.

Nikolaz Rurua, deputy head of the parliamentary defense committee, said the move was "necessitated by the real threats facing the country."

Relations between Russia and Georgia have plunged to a new low against the backdrop of outbreaks of violence in Abkhazia and South Ossetia, with the two countries trading accusations of provoking violence.

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