Georgia has no plans to send observers to...

"Georgia will not send its observers to Ukraine for the second round of the elections as the issue of Georgian monitors aroused a diversity of opinions," presidential spokeswoman Manana Manjgaladze said.

"It was not our aim to interfere in the Ukrainian elections," she continued, adding that Georgia would cooperate with any new president.

She also said Tbilisi was calling for Georgians who had been invited to Ukraine by "international organizations" to monitor the polls to return home.

Ukraine will choose between opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych and Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko in a runoff election on Sunday after the January 17 first round failed to see any candidate gain 50% plus one vote.

Last month, four Georgian nationals were detained in eastern Ukraine during the first round of the Ukrainian presidential elections, with the opposition claiming attempts had been made to disrupt voting.

The Georgians arrived in Ukraine to "interfere

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