ST. PETERSBURG. Oct 28 (Interfax) - Russia is against the spending of the pledged donor aid in the amount of $4.6 billion to Georgia on rearming the Georgian army.

"We do not want this assistance to be used to rearm the Georgian army or be a temptation to unleash another adventure. I hope that everybody understands this," Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told a news conference in the wake of a meeting of the Russia-EU Permanent Partnership Council in St. Petersburg on Tuesday.

"I would like to stress that transparency in procedures and mechanisms of delivering aid, which was vowed at the donor conference for Georgia, is important," the minister said.

He said EU officials and other participants in the donor conference promised that this aid would be directed only towards civilian needs.

Lavrov described as "untrue" Tbilisi's accusations that Russia was obstructing the distribution of international humanitarian aid to Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

"I have not heard statements from the Georgian Foreign Ministry alleging that Russia is obstructing the distribution of donor aid in the territories of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. If such a statement has been made, the short answer is that this is another lie," Lavrov said.

Russia will continue to provide humanitarian aid to Abkhazia and South Ossetia, Lavrov said. If the West also wishes to render aid to Abkhazia and South Ossetia, it should discuss this issue with the republics themselves, he said.

"This issue should be first of all discussed with them, and such aid should be offered to Tskhinvali and Sukhumi. Russia has provided and is continuing to provide humanitarian aid for reconstructing South Ossetia in an amount incomparable with the amount of aid for Georgia. The scale of destruction is incomparable - Tskhinvali has been destroyed and villages in South Ossetia have been destroyed. This calls for permanent attention, and we are handling this issue based on the instructions that have been given by the president and the prime minister," Lavrov said.

European Commission Director General for External Relations Eneko Landaburu said the EU assistance to Georgia would be aimed exclusively at civilian needs, including the country's rehabilitation after the conflict.

This aid will be spent mainly on making the condition of the numerous displaced persons easier, Landaburu said. Part of the aid will also be spent for macroeconomic purposes to enable the government to restore the economy and create new jobs, he said.

The EU is interested in seeing the European donor aid for Georgia reaching Abkhazia and South Ossetia as well, he said.