MOSCOW, Aug 21 (Xinhua) -- A senior Russian diplomat has warned that NATO's support for Georgia may affect the relations between Moscow and the U.S.-led alliance, local media reported on Thursday.

    "Tbilisi for its aggression received a bonus in the form of the Georgia-NATO commission. This cannot but affect our relations with NATO," Itar-Tass quoted Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko as saying.

    "The relations with the alliance, mainly the military cooperation, will be reconsidered," Grushko warned.

    NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said on Tuesday that a new consultative agency, the NATO-Georgia Commission, will be set up to enhance cooperation with the Caucasus state that is seeking NATO membership despite Russia's strong objection.

    NATO envoy Robert Simmons, who is the alliance's Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia, has arrived in Georgia for talks on issues of cooperation with the Georgian government and on the regional situation.

    Simmons voiced NATO's hope that Russian troops would leave Georgia soon.

    Georgia launched attacks in its breakaway region of South Ossetia on Aug. 8 in an attempt to regain control of the region that borders Russia.

    Tbilisi's move triggered prompt reaction from Moscow, whose troops drove Georgian forces out of the region and took parts of Georgian territory.

    The West, amid deteriorating ties with Moscow, has accused Russia of being slow in its troop withdrawal which is stipulated in a ceasefire agreement. Russia has said the pullout is to be completed by Friday.