NATO raps Russia for expanding border into Georgia

Secretary General of NATO Anders Fogh Rasmussen speaks to media after meeting Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron at 10 Downing Street, in central London February 3, 2014. REUTERS/Andrew Winning

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO criticised Russia on Wednesday for expanding its border deeper into Georgia's breakaway Abkhazia region, a move Moscow has portrayed as a temporary step to expand a security zone around the Sochi Winter Olympics.

"We have noted the recent decision to temporarily extend the so-called border zone of Abkhazia further into Georgian territory without the Georgian government's consent," NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen said.