Georgia hasn't fulfilled its obligations under the Medvedev-Sarkozy ceasefire plan, signed shortly after the war in South Ossetia, Russia's Foreign Minister has told Russian TV.

Speaking on the Vesti news channel on Monday, Sergey Lavrov accused Tbilisi of allowing Georgian troops to stray beyond agreed boundaries.

“We would like to draw the attention international observers in Georgia to the fact that now unfortunately the Georgian side is not even close to fulfilling its obligations to keep its troops in their quarters.”

Lavrov also said that the goal of Russian policy in South Ossetia and Abkhazia was peace and stability, and the recognition of the new independent states was not that important.

He added that Moscow only aimed to rescue civilians and prevent new attempts of suppressing the will of the South Ossetian and Abkhaz people by force.

Lavrov said Russia will insist that the Medvedev-Sarkozy plan, signed shortly after the Caucasian crisis, is “fulfilled impeccably.”

The Russian Foreign Minister added that August’s crisis in the Caucasus “was another proof of the failure of the current European security architecture”.

“This system is patchy and focused on NATO. None of the mechanisms formed within this security architecture is operational,” he said.

Ball in Georgia’s court

Earlier, Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister said it's up to Georgia to resume diplomatic ties between Moscow and Tbilisi. Andrey Denisov was commenting on relations between the two countries at a media conference in Moscow on Monday.

Diplomatic relations between the two countries were cut in early September, following the August conflict in the Caucasus.

Calls for Saakashvili’s impeachment

The Georgian leadership has come under strong criticism since the war in South Ossetia. The country's parliamentary opposition is backing proposed amendments to the constitution which, if adopted, could limit presidential power.

The Labour Party wants even stronger measures taken now and is calling for the impeachment of President Mikhail Saakashvili.

Shalva Natelashvili, the party leader, said:

“Today the parliamentary group of the Labour Party starts the official process to impeach President Saakashvili. He has not only violated the constitution, but has also committed a number of serious crimes including using violence against civilians, the initiation of the war that resulted in break up of the country and many others.”

The ruling United National Movement Party has 119 out of 150 seats in the Georgian parliament, whilst the Labour Party has only four.