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Edition: U.S. Article Slideshow Save Email Print Reprints Most Popular Most Shared U.S. plane overshoots Jamaica runway, dozens hurt | Video 23 Dec 2009 Russia to work on new nuclear missiles: Medvedev 8:02am EST Senate sets Christmas eve vote on U.S. debt limit 22 Dec 2009 Hollywood eyes record $10 billion box office for 2009 10 Dec 2009 Yemen says Fort Hood-linked imam may be dead 7:27am EST Russia to work on new nuclear missiles: Medvedev 8:02am EST Yemen says Fort Hood-linked imam may be dead 7:27am EST HK, China shares end higher; Geely up on Volvo talks 2:42am EST Swine flu deadlier in children than seasonal flu 23 Dec 2009 U.S. Senate approves broad healthcare overhaul 7:16am EST Once at war, Russia and Georgia agree to open border Margarita Antidze and Gleb Bryanski Thu Dec 24, 2009 9:50am EST Related News Georgia blows up Soviet memorial, two people killed Sat, Dec 19 2009 NATO chief looks to build trust with Moscow visit Mon, Dec 14 2009 Leader of rebel Abkhazia wins second term Sun, Dec 13 2009 Putin lambasts Russian officials for disco blaze Tue, Dec 8 2009 Putin says no plans to leave power Thu, Dec 3 2009 < 1 / 2 > View Full Size TBILISI/MOSCOW (Reuters) - Georgia said on Thursday it had agreed to open a mountain pass on the border with Russia, in a first sign of a possible thaw in relations between the two ex-Soviet nations since their August 2008 war. World "According to our preliminary verbal agreement with the Russian side, the Verkhny Lars checkpoint will open in early March," Georgian Deputy Foreign Minister Nino Kalandadze told a news conference. A spokeswoman for Russia's Foreign Ministry said it was preparing a statement on the issue. The pass, located some 30 km (20 miles) south of the Russian city of Vladikavkaz, links it with the Georgian capital of Tbilisi. Russia closed the pass in 2006 as ties between the two states soured due to Moscow's support for two Georgian rebel regions, Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Russia and Georgia fought a brief war in 2008 after Georgia tried to retake South Ossetia by force. There has been no border traffic or flights between Russia and Georgia since the war. On Tuesday, Georgian airlines Airzena asked the Russian government to allow it to run charter flights between Tbilisi and Moscow during the winter holiday period. "We assess the resumption of air links positively. We hope that negotiations between private air companies on resumption of flights will result in a positive decision," Kalandadze said. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin met former Georgian Prime Minister Zurab Nogaideli late on Wednesday. At the meeting, Putin fretted about an ill-fated demolition of a World War Two memorial in Georgia last week, which killed a woman and her eight-year-old daughter, and suggested a plan to build a copy of the monument in Moscow. He said the reconstruction could pave the way for a restoration of dialogue between the two countries, which share a common history and religion. About 1 million Georgians who live in Russia are also keen to keep links with their homeland. "Relations between Russia and Georgia are in a dire state today," Putin told Nogaideli, now a fierce critic of Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili. "This (the restoration of the monument) could become a starting point for the restoration of a dialogue, if not between the authorities but at least between public organizations and civil society," Putin said. Putin suggested that Russia should restore the monument in Moscow as a sign of gratitude to 700,000 Georgians who fought in World War Two. One third of them died. The meeting -- which Russian officials said was the highest level contact between the two countries since the war -- has indicated that a thaw in ties was possible although Nogaideli currently carries little weight in Georgian politics. President Dmitry Medvedev said on December 9 said he saw no obstacle to resuming visa-free travel and air links, though Moscow has repeatedly said there will be no official contact with Georgia as long as Saakashvili remains in power. 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